Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 640 That's My Money!
Nanping, Jiangling Mansion, Jingnan Jiedu Envoy Office, oh no!After Zhang Ting named Gao Conghui the King of Jing, this place has been renamed Jingwang Palace.

However, being named a prince did not bring much joy to Gao Conghui, who was worried about the future of Nanping.

Strictly speaking, Gao Jixing and Gao Congjiao's Nanping cannot be counted as one of the Ten Kingdoms.

Because these two generations of Gao Laizi have never claimed to be lonely, and they have been busy all over the world seeking to gain benefits.

Among all the countries in the world, only Nanping and the Qingyuan army who ruled Quanzhou and Nan (Zhang) prefectures have never claimed the title of king.

At this time, Li Jing is still preparing to be canonized and preserved as the Qingyuan Army Jiedushi, so for now, Nanping has become the only one.

Because of this uniqueness, the foundation of Nanping's existence is not very solid.

In the past, Gao Conghui wasn't very worried about this, because no matter whether it was Li Congke, Shi Jingtang, Shi Chonggui and his son, or even Liu Zhiyuan, Gao Conghui didn't think they could make a big difference.

In the Central Plains, after more than ten years of war, the population has declined, and there are often several states and counties that are more than ten kilometers away from people. The population of the entire Henan Province has dropped sharply to 400 million.

Coupled with the threat of the Khitan and the increasing inability of the emperor of the Central Plains to balance the military governors of the country, it resulted in the inability to threaten the survival of Nanping at all.

But when Zhang Ting entered Tokyo, everything changed. Gao Conghui smelled an extremely unusual aura from Zhang Ting's body, which was also an important reason why he took the risk of sending his son Gao Baorong to Tokyo for an audience.

One is to show complete surrender, and the other is to let Gao Baorong observe the Central Plains Qi Xiang and Zhang Tie's behavior.

When Gao Baorong came back and told what he had seen and heard, Gao Conghui's heart went cold.

Needless to say, Hexi soldier Ma Xiaohan, as the emperor, the son of Shaotian, Zhang Wei, is magnificent and far-sighted.

Its overhaul of the palace does not require public funds, and the people are conscripted to serve, not to mention how many people died, and they are praised by all.

As the son of heaven, he usually wears only four sets of clothes, and he likes to eat beef. In the three years since he arrived in Kaifeng, Tokyo, he could not eat beef once.

At the same time, I also know that Xing Wenjiao, after entering the Central Plains, did not rush to search for the people, but established a system first, rewarded loyalty, and used extremely clever means to control the power of the envoy.

How can this be a bandit from the barren land west of the river? This is the way of the emperor of the Great Dynasty!
Ever since Gao Baorong came back and showed his reverence for Zhang Tie everywhere, Gao Conghui's condition became more and more serious.

Nanping country is small and weak, and it is located in a traffic hub. If there is such a master in the Central Plains, the living space of Nanping country will inevitably be gone.

Gao Congxuan took two breaths with all his strength, but the tightness in his chest didn't seem to subside at all. Instead, he started to suffer from headaches and heart palpitations because of too much force this time.

In the two or three years since he fell into this illness, Gao Conghui's chest has never been relaxed, and his appetite, physical strength, and mental strength have also begun to decline rapidly as the disease progresses.

He developed emphysema from typical bronchitis, and it has reached an advanced stage.

If it is in later generations, with Gao Congjiao's status, it will be no problem to live another ten or twenty years.

But at this time, the doctors in Jing Palace could only diagnose that Gao Conghui was suffering from qi disease. His heart, lungs and other viscera had been damaged, but there was no medicine or means to treat it. He died of acid poisoning.

He knows that his fate is not long, but he still has a lot of troubles. The third son of his successor, Gao Baorong, does not seem to be able to keep the family business. His favorite tenth son, Gao Baoxu, is even worse.

This is not to say that Gao Baoxun is incapable, it is precisely because Gao Baoxun has such ability that he has always had a small self-confidence and a deep desire to keep the Gao family business.

This is not so good, Nanping's arm can't twist Zhou Guo's thigh, if he is ignorant of current affairs, it is not a question of whether the family business can be kept, but a question of whether the family can keep it.

Gao Conghui was about to call his attendants to bring a medicinal soup made with tomato (mint). This medicinal soup could make his heart and lungs feel a burst of coolness. some illusions.

But he still spoke the words, and the palace door was suddenly pushed open.

Who would dare to open the door of his palace on this stormy night?Of course it is his favorite ten sons, Gao Baoxu who is known in Nanping as everything.

Gao Baoxu was standing at the door, the rain was falling down his bun like water, and the cyan round-neck robe was completely soaked, as if it had been fished out of the water.

Gao Conghui's heart was lifted immediately, and he looked at Gao Baoxu with a strong and calm look, "Why is my son so panicked? What happened?"

Gao Baoxu looked at Gao Conghui, anxious tears welled up in his eyes, mixed with rain spray all over his face, he said in a mournful voice.

"An alarm came from Gong'an County. In the early hours of yesterday, General Xu Qiong of the Wu'an Army opened the north gate of Tanzhou and let Ma Xi'e into the city. Ma Xi'e has become the lord of Southern Chu!"

Gao Conghui turned pale with shock, and hurriedly asked, "How did my son know? Is it a rumor?"

Gao Baoxu shook his head abruptly, "It's not just a rumor, Zhang Shaodi, the envoy of Wu'an Yaqian, and other Southern Chu Ya generals refused to join Ma Xi'e, and led hundreds of troops to Gong'an, please enter our Nanping border. Waiting for Ma Xiguang to return to the south."

"I will die this day, Gao Shiye!" Gao Conghui couldn't hold back anymore, he looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh, only felt his throat itchy, and a few wisps of blood spurted out suddenly during the violent cough, and then he fell heavily on the ground.

The reason why Gao Conghui was so excited was because he could see why Zhang Tie kept Ma Xiguang in Tokyo all this time, just waiting for this moment.

If Ma Xie couldn't take Tanzhou and master the power of Ma Chu, then Zhang Tie could send thousands of soldiers at most, and more than [-] soldiers at most, would send Ma Xiguang back to the south.

Although he must pass through Jiangling, Nanping has always been obedient, and last year he presented a treatise on febrile disease and miscellaneous diseases, and he did not give Zhang Ting any excuse.

Even if Zhang Ting pulled his face down, he was not afraid of only a few thousand or more than ten thousand soldiers and horses. This kind of people can't take down Jiangling, where the Gao family and his son have been entrenched for decades.

Zhang Tie can't send more, if he wants to send more, it will be too obvious, and all countries in the world will be on guard.

But now, Ma Xie has entered Tanzhou, and the former Chu king Ma Xifan sent Ma Xiguang to Tokyo to meet last year, and also accepted Zhang Zhou's title of Chu king.

Then it means that Ma Chu, like Nanping, is now Zhang Zhou's vassal and vassal, and Shao Ming, Emperor Zhang, can justifiably recruit an army to go south to quell the rebellion.

Since the rebellion was to be suppressed, Nanping was also a vassal. The imperial army entered Jiangling and used Jiangling as a front-line base to suppress Ma Chu. Isn't that a problem?

As for how long it will take for the army to suppress the rebellion?Come or go?Is this something you, a vassal king, can decide?

. . . .

On the second day, the news became more accurate. Dozens of people from the Ma Chu Army, including Zhang Shaodi, Li Yanwen, Liu Yantao, etc., formally wrote to Gao Conghui, asking Gao Conghui to allow them to go to Gong'an County or go to the city. Jiangling settled down, waiting for Ma Xiguang to go south.

And the news from Tanzhou also came. After Ma Xie entered Tanzhou, he immediately killed Ma Xiguang's wife Wang and three sons.

Li Hongnian, one of the [-] academicians of Ma Chu Tiance's government who dismembered Ma Xiguang, and Li Hongnian, the secretary of Wu'an Army Jiedu, died together with his younger brother Li Hongjie and more than [-] members of his family.

Then Ma Xie was still angry, and killed Tang Zhaoyin, the judge of the Wu'an Army, Yang Di and other dozens of generals.

At the same time, Ma Xie was able to enter Tanzhou thanks to the help of barbarians from various streams and caves in Langzhou (Changde, Hunan). Therefore, after entering Tanzhou, he could not completely control these barbarians.

The barbarians then looted wantonly in Tanzhou, and seeing that the barbarians began to loot, the soldiers of the Wuping Army in Ma Xie's headquarters were of course unwilling to lag behind.

As a result, Langzhou soldiers and barbarians looted for three days, killing officials and people, and burning huts.

One after another, Gao Conghui was so shocked that he was speechless, especially the Ma family palace in Tanzhou was all ashes, brothers were fighting each other, and Gao Conghui, who was dying soon, fell into the inner battle between heaven and man .

He summoned his third son Gao Baorong, Gao Baoshen, Gao Baoyin and his favorite ten son Gao Baoxu.

"Did Shisi Lang reply? What did he say?" Gao Conghui was supported by two maids and sat on the bed, and asked Gao Baorong who came in a hurry.

The Fourteenth Lang in Gao Conghui's mouth was Gao Baoying, Gao Conghui's fourteenth son, who was chosen to marry Luo Siniang, the younger sister of Luo Shande, a confidant of Zhang Ting's confidant.

Gao Baorong hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "Shishi Lang just arrived, saying that he has graduated from the Tiangong Academy. The emperor praised him for his outstanding talents and learning, and specially promoted him to be the Secretary of the Ministry of Zhongshu, and he will accompany him around.

His wife, elder brother, Marquis of Yumen, and General Luo Zhonglang, the mighty guardian of Zuo Shen, have a long-lasting family. Recently, he was ordered to quell the Huaibei bandit rebellion in the two prefectures of Haosi. "

Gao Conghui nodded in satisfaction, his pale face looked much better.

It's just that Gao Baorong was a little hard to say, he pondered for a while, and continued: "Shisi Lang also said, the sage said: the world will be divided for a long time, and he thinks it is very reasonable.

Since the decline of the Tang Dynasty, the world has been in chaos for a hundred and eighty years.

Our Gao family has stabilized Jingnan for decades, and the gentry, gentry, and merchants are all grateful for the virtues of the Gao family. The sages say that King Wuxin (Gao Jixing) is also called benevolence.

This is the good fortune of my Gao family, if you can... "Speaking of this, Gao Baorong took a deep breath before continuing.

"If you can dedicate the land of the three states in southern Jing to the imperial court, then the wealth and honor of the Gao family will last forever, and the reputation of loyalty and righteousness will be left in the history."

"How bold! How dare Fourteenth Lang make such rebellious remarks? Is he still a descendant of the Gao family?"

Before Gao Conghui could speak, Gao Baoxu had already jumped out. He bowed his head and kowtowed to the ground, shouting sadly.

"My lord, Fourteenth Lang married a girl from the Luo family and became the emperor's confidant again. He has a great future ahead of him. He has completely disregarded the Gao family. Please don't believe Fourteenth Lang's rebellious words."

Not only did Gao Baoxu say that, but both Gao Baoshen and Gao Baoyin had angry expressions on their faces, clearly dissatisfied with these words of Fourteenth Lang Gao Baoying.

A red tide suddenly appeared on Gao Conghui's face, and then he coughed violently.

The maid hurriedly brought the soup, but Gao Conghui waved his hands and refused to take it, but looked at Gao Baorong and asked, "What do Sanlang think, what does Fourteenth Lang say?"

A struggling expression appeared on Gao Baorong's face, and finally he knelt down and bowed his head to Gao Congjiao.

"The land of the three provinces south of Jing was won by my ancestor King Wuxin and his lord through overcoming obstacles and humiliation. The family fortune of our ancestors was hard-won, so how can we dedicate lightly?

It's just that Jingnan's three prefectures are small and weak. If the emperor makes up his mind, the lord is still there, and he may be able to resist him. However, after a hundred years, the ministers will not be able to stop him. "

Gao Baorong's words were indeed in his mind. Who would not want to keep their foundation and say they are lonely, but the problem they faced was that Nanping was unable to resist the conquest of the imperial court.

"My lord! The imperial court was not as powerful as expected. In the past, when they conquered the Southern Tang Dynasty, they failed to take down Jiangning in one go because of the disadvantage of the navy.

Today, our navy is superior to Southern Tang. If the imperial court dares to attack, it is better to form an alliance with Ma Xie, communicate with Shu and Tang at the same time, combine the strength of the four families, rely on the bravery of the navy, and Jiangling will certainly be able to defend. "

Gao Baoxu heard the words of the fourteenth man Gao Baoying, his heart was on fire, and he was also very dissatisfied with the words of his elder brother Gao Baorong. He knelt on the ground and roared loudly.

But this time, Gao Congxuan didn't look at Gao Baoxu who was the most beloved on the ground, but looked at Gao Baorong and let out a long sigh.

"My son is prudent and self-aware, he can protect the family members, I feel relieved."

. . . .

"Saint! The saint must be the master of the minister! The minister may not be the master of the Chu clan, but his wife and children are really innocent. Why did Ma Xie kill all the ministers!"

Just after Zhang Tie announced the reform, the news of Ma Chu arrived. To be honest, Zhang Tie didn't expect Ma Xie to be so ruthless.

Ma Xiguang didn't actually fight with him, but he raised his troops and entered Tanzhou, and even killed Ma Xiguang's wife and two sons.

Speaking of this, Zhang Ting actually felt a little guilty. These things seemed to have nothing to do with Zhang Ting. After all, no one knew that the former Chu king Ma Xifan would die of illness so soon, let alone that Ma Xie would be so vicious.

From the eyes of others, it is Zhang Ting's favor and trust in Ma Xiguang, which is why he is left to enjoy wealth in Tokyo.

After the Ma Chu incident, Zhang Tie, despite his busy schedule, continued to mobilize troops to escort Ma Xiguang back to Tanzhou to succeed him, which can be said to be quite affectionate and righteous.

But Zhang Tie actually knew, that's why he kept Ma Xiguang until now, and he was responsible.

Thinking of this, Zhang Tie couldn't help showing guilt on his face.

However, Zhang Ting was stunned again immediately, because if he said this, he would not keep Ma Xiguang for a period of time. According to the historical trend, it would not be that Ma Xiguang's wife and son were killed, and even himself could not escape death.

In this way, Zhang Tie saved Ma Xiguang's life again.

cough cough!Zhang Shengren's face immediately returned to normal, and then his face was full of anger.

"Ma Xie is a thief, as a subject, he has no loyalty, and he wanted to look at King Wu Mu (Ma Yin)'s face and spare him his death.

But looking at it today, it is so vicious and vicious, Depi please express my condolences, I will avenge you and capture and kill this beast! "

Ma Xiguang left crying, Zhang Teng immediately called Zhang Huaiqing in.

Ever since he was sued by Pei Yuan, the old man was unwilling to leave Liangzhou. After all, he was used to living in Chang'an. Arrived in Kaifeng Prefecture, Tokyo.

And they just arrived, they walked from Xijing Chengtian Liangzhou Mansion to Tokyo Kaifeng Mansion for more than a year and a half.

Although Zhang Huaiqing is not afraid of anything, he is still a little hypocritical for this nephew, because he always feels that Zhang Ting's strangeness makes him a little scared.

Looking at Zhang Ting, he didn't think this was his grandnephew, but rather resembled the Second Uncle Huanzuding Emperor Zhang Yichao whom he hadn't seen a few times but who left a deep impression on him.

"How many sons-in-law or grandson-in-law does uncle have?"

Facing Zhang Tie's nonsensical question, Zhang Huaiqing was stunned for a moment, and then Monk Zhanger replied in a low voice, puzzled.

"Back to the saint, there are eleven son-in-laws, twenty-four grandson-in-laws, er, no, twenty-six."

Zhang Zhao was also very speechless, as expected, he was indeed a reproductive machine of Long Tong Zhang's family. He didn't even remember how many grandsons-in-law he had. Zhang Tie guessed that he must not recognize them all.

"Then how many of them are no longer alive?" Zhang Ting continued to ask.

At this time, Zhang Huaiqing felt a little taste. He looked at Zhang Tie and asked hesitantly: "Is it Ma Xiguang from Ma Chu who went out just now? I heard that he is a useless and honest man, and his whole family was killed just now. A saint would not I want."

Zhang Ting nodded, Zhang Huaiqing was good at this, he was very self-aware, he knew his role for Zhang Ting, which was to provide children, grandchildren, especially daughters and granddaughters, and let Zhang Ting get married.

So Zhang Shengren chuckled, "Uncle, don't you understand? Our Zhang family is so rich now, so when choosing a son-in-law, don't you have to choose such a stupid person. Uh, honest people with a lot of money?"

Zhang Huaiqing tasted it carefully, and it was indeed the truth, so he thought for a while and said: "23 Niang is [-] years old, gentle and gentle, maybe it can."

no!Zhang Ting waved his hand and refused, "23 Niang is young and young, she is still a girl waiting to be married, Ma Xiguang is almost [-] years old, it is not suitable, let's change."

Zhang Huaiqing was very willing to give up a beautiful 16-year-old unmarried granddaughter.

But Zhang Tie disagreed. It was a good thing, and there was no need to ruin the future of a young girl.

In this case, Zhang Huaiqing thought for a while, "Then only Shi Niang's sister, Ba Niang, died in battle outside Yanshi the year before last, leaving behind three children, who are suitable for Ma Xiguang."

Shi Niang is the daughter of Zhang Huaiqing, who married Gao Yunquan, the envoy of Zhangwu Army in Yanzhou in the later Jin Dynasty.

This Yanzhou Zhangwu Army was the first Central Plains vassal town that Zhang Tie subdued, even the title of the Zhangwu Army is still there, and it is now called the Forbidden Army Zhangwu Town.

Ba Niang's husband was originally one of the ten generals who personally defended Regency Shandu by Zhang Teng. Unfortunately, Zhang Teng died in battle when he was besieged by Yelv Pode at the Yangqu River in Luoyang.

Ba Niang is only 33 years old now, and she can't be a widow all her life. Ma Xiguang is cowardly and has no bad habits. He can come to help Zhang Shengren's hero raise his son. It's very suitable!
"That's good! Uncle asked Eighth Aunt to come to the palace, and I will break up with her personally.

This Ma Xiguang, I don't plan to let him go back to Tanzhou. At that time, he will be crowned the king of Changsha County, and he will be able to lead the Wu'an Army Jiedushi.

Ma Chuguo's wealth also allowed him to keep 20 million guan, and he settled down in Luoyang. "

Zhang Huaiqing was also very happy when he heard that, 20 guan is not a small amount, as long as Ma Xiguang is knowledgeable, the dowry cannot be [-] or [-] guan.

He, Zhang Huaiqing, has many sons and daughters, and he also has a lot of places to spend money, which can just solve his urgent needs.

"By the way! Thirteenth Uncle doesn't have a food town yet, right? In this way, I will also give Thirteenth Uncle a hundred households in Jingzhou, the food town.

Uncle has contributed a lot, and he still doesn't have a title, so why not take Changsong County of Liangzhou as Marquis of Changsong. "

Zhang Zhou's title must first be hereditary, otherwise, the third generation will start to descend, and within a few generations he will become a commoner.

Second, there are food towns. Those without food towns actually don’t have much annuity, which means they have high political status.

However, high political status requires civil and military talents to match. For Zhang Huaiqing, their abilities are average, and the political significance of the title is really not very great, so the only thing left is to make money.

The thirteenth uncle in Zhang Ting's mouth was Zhang Huaiqing's adoptive son to the Guiyi Army's second Jiedu envoy, Zhang Zhouying's ancestor Huai Emperor Zhang Huaishen.

The Duke of Nanyang County of the Zhang family also gave it to the thirteenth uncle, but Zhang Ting did not give him food.

But this time, Zhang Tie married five or six of Zhang Huaiqing's daughters and granddaughters and went out to attract talents, so don't be too stingy.

Moreover, Zhang Huaiqing, as the highest seniority of the Zhang family and the only Huaizi generation, should also be given a title.

After Zhang Huaiqing also went out, Zhang Teng was furious and summoned the boar Luo Shande.

Luo Shande had just quelled the incidents in the two prefectures of Hao and Si. Under the instigation of Liu Renzhan, the envoy of the Qinghuai Army in Shouzhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty, the local rich people caused some disturbances, all of which were sequelae of land confiscation.

Zhang Tie then sent Luo Shande to lead 3000 left guards to help Gao Yunquan, the observation officer in the two prefectures of Hao and Si, to quell the chaos. He had just returned to Tokyo.

"Damn it! That bastard Ma Xie entered Tanzhou, yet he dared to send troops to loot Tanzhou city!

Ma Chu's palace in Tanzhou was burned to ashes. The gold, jewelry and jade accumulated by the two generations of Chu kings Ma Yin and Ma Xifan were all looted by barbarians, and the loss was at least 80 to [-] guan.

This is my money!Ma Xie is looting my money! "

Zhang Ting was so angry that his hair was about to stand on end, he walked back and forth two steps, and said to Luo Shande.

"Immediately lead the Zuo Shenwei Guards to escort Ma Xiguang to the south, and notify Ma Zhaoyuan (Ma Yaozi) by the way. Ten days later, if there is no news from Lu Yan, then I will go straight to Jiangling City.

But we must be careful, don't let the gold and silver brocades of the Gao family be looted, I'm still waiting to use this money to reward the soldiers! "

In front of a confidant like Shan Zhu'er, Zhang Tie didn't hide it anymore. When he thought that all the treasures of Ma Chu's palace were looted, his heart ached to death.

In the view of Zhang Shengren, who is about to become poor now, the treasures in the palace of Ma Chu are already his.

"Your order! The sage, please appease your anger. I will lead the left guards to convince those barbarians in Xidong, Langzhou, to hand over the treasures they plundered."

Luo Shande, the boar, is very good, he understands what Zhang Ting means, how much the loss can be recovered.

(End of this chapter)