The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 387 Zhu Xiu is a troublemaker

Kaifeng Palace City, Chongzheng Hall.

After today's court meeting, Wang Jun, Wei Renpu, Fu Yanqing, Wang Yin and other important court officials came to the harem to meet with Guo Wei and discuss recent changes in Liu Chong in the Northern Han Dynasty and Murong Yanchao in Yanzhou.

Guo Wei sits high on the imperial throne, with a cold and majestic look on his face, and a pair of tiger eyes full of anger.

The emperor's anger is like thunder. When it moves, the sky shakes and all things are subdued.

The atmosphere in the main hall was solemn and so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Even Wei Renpu lowered his eyelids and did not dare to speak casually.

The news from Yanzhou made Guo Wei even more annoyed.

At the beginning of the year, Murong Yanchao defeated Liu Zipo and fled to Yanzhou with his remaining soldiers.

Fu Yanqing, the governor of Taining Army, followed Guo Wei's order and did not send troops to embarrass Murong Yanchao. Instead, he invited him into the city and persuaded him to surrender.

Murong Yanchao had stayed in Yanzhou for several years before. Many generals in the Taining Army came from his sect. Yanzhou was his second hometown for him.

After being persuaded by relatives and friends, and Fu Yanqing vaguely revealed that Guo Wei would not hold him accountable, Murong Yanchao "sighed" and "half-heartedly" raised his flag and surrendered.

Guo Wei was very happy and personally wrote a document and sent it to Yanzhou, appointing him to take over as the military governor of Taining Army and guard Yanzhou.

There was also a private letter attached. In the letter, Uncle Guo was very polite to Murong Yanchao and called him "brother". Murong Yanchao was flattered and instead suspected that Guo Wei had an agenda for him and was using a delaying tactic to drag him to Yanzhou. , just wait for the Great Zhou Dynasty to be stable, and then free up your hands to deal with him.

Murong Yanchao was frightened in Yanzhou. While he stepped up the recruitment of the Taining Army, he sent people to contact Liu Chong of the Northern Han Dynasty and Li Jing of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Naturally, his little moves could not be hidden from Guo Wei.

Guo Wei was very angry after receiving the secret report. He thought he was very kind to Murong Yanchao and did not hold him responsible for leading the army to set up formations at Liuzipo to block the Ye army from going south. He ignored the previous suspicion and entrusted him with important tasks. Unexpectedly, this Shatuo barbarian was still an immature man. The white-eyed wolf is still thinking of conspiring to rebel.

Uncle Guo remained calm, but secretly summoned the important officials in the court to discuss countermeasures.

"The safety of Yanzhou is of great importance. How do you think the court should respond?"

Guo Wei glanced at the ministers, his eyes like lightning.

Wang Jun usually charged forward when singing praises, but when it came to important events, he pretended to be deaf and mute, bowing his waist and bowing his head as if he was respectfully listening to the king's instructions.

Wei Renpu stroked his beard and frowned slightly. At the beginning, he had advised us to seize the opportunity to pursue the victory and not to let the tiger go back to the mountain.

Guo Wei felt that it was useless to lose soldiers and generals for the sake of Murong Yanchao, and Murong Yanchao still had [-] to [-] remaining soldiers with considerable combat capability, so it would be best if he could surrender them.

From the emperor's point of view, subduing Murong Yanchao was of great significance. Firstly, it was to intimidate the vassal towns everywhere who were concerned about Liu Han. Secondly, he was kind to Murong Yanchao and showed off Uncle Guo's broad imperial mind.

There is no right or wrong regarding Murong Yanchao's final treatment, just because the perspective is different.

But now that Murong Yanchao has shown signs of rebellion, he must be on guard.

No one in the hall spoke, Guo Wei said: "King Huaiyang, you have controlled the Taining Army and guarded Yanzhou for many years. You are well aware of the situation in Yanzhou. Tell me, what should I do with Murong Yanchao?"

Fu Yanqing, who was sitting first on the left, immediately stood up, walked to the hall, saluted and said: "I would like to report to the official family, I believe that Murong Yanchao has betrayed the emperor's favor and deserves to be punished! But so far, Murong Yanchao has still The rebellion has not been clearly defined, and the imperial court has no solid evidence to use troops against it. I believe that we should wait and see what happens and wait for Murong Yanchao to raise his flag to rebel. At that time, the imperial court will send troops to quell the rebellion. It is justifiable!"

Wang Jun immediately stood up and expressed his position: "Huaiyang Wang Laocheng has proposed a plan for the country, and I second it!"

After saying that, Wang Jun also cast a flattering and flattering look at Fu Yanqing.

Fu Yanqing just bowed politely and handed over his hand.

Wang Jun was a little resentful and disappointed, but Fu Yanqing didn't respond much to his overtures.

Wei Renpu said: "I agree with the words of the King of Huaiyang. Murong Yanchao is entrenched in Yanzhou, but the scabies disease is not a cause for concern. We just need to prevent him from colluding with Liu Chong and Li Jing."

Guo Wei nodded and agreed with Fu Yanqing's suggestion.

Uncle Guo looked down upon Murong Yanchao from the bottom of his heart.

It was only because of the great political significance of surrendering this man that I had to hold my nose and write the letter, calling him affectionately brother.

Unexpectedly, this brother was very disrespectful to his elder brother. He couldn't bear the loneliness and kept making little moves in secret.

Seeing that Guo Wei's face had softened slightly, Fu Yanqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and expressed his position righteously: "If Murong Yanchao does not know what is good for him and insists on going his own way, I will request you to lead troops to Yanzhou to quell the rebellion!"

Guo Wei laughed and said: "There is no need to use a knife to kill a chicken. A mere Murong Yanchao is not worthy of the King of Huaiyang's personal action."

Fu Yanqing quickly said a few words of humility. Seeing that Guo Wei had no follow-up words, he didn't dare to say more, so he returned to his seat and sat down.

After the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Guo Wei decreed that Fu Yanqing be made the king of Huaiyang, transferred him to Beijing as Kaifeng governor, and rewarded him with the ultra-luxury mansion of the former Kaifeng governor Liu Zhu.

Liu Zhu was guilty of many evil deeds and was greedy. The mansion he built had many things that exceeded the regulations. After Fu Yanqing took over, he asked the craftsmen to make corrections. Guo Wei specifically told him that there was no need to make changes, so that the Fu family could live in peace and contentment.

So Fu Yanqing and his family packed up their belongings and traveled from Yanzhou to Kaifeng and moved into Fu's new house.

Liu Zhu's family was exterminated by He Hui and died tragically. The people of Kaifeng also regarded this big house as a haunted house.

Fu Yanqing spent his life in the army and killed countless people. He laughed at the rumors of such a haunted house. Now his whole family lives in peace and comfort.

Prince Fu was very careful about his position. Guo Wei gave an order and asked him to relinquish the power of commander and military commander of the vassal town and take up a post in Beijing. Without saying a word, he came with his family.

Old Prince Fu is older than Guo Wei and has more seniority in the military than Guo Wei. He used to be a friend who was an official in the same dynasty. Now his old friend has transformed his family into the country and became the emperor. Old Prince Fu's role has changed very quickly. He is respectful and respectful. The officials shouted one after another without any burden in their hearts.

On the contrary, it made Guo Wei a little uncomfortable, so he didn't need to be restrained in private.

Fu Yanqing agreed verbally, but acted as usual.

However, Fu Yanqing did not want to be the governor of Kaifeng. He hoped to find an opportunity to go out to the feudal town and continue to lead troops.

It's a pity that Guo Wei didn't give him a clear reply after the preliminary test just now, and the old prince felt a little helpless.

"As for Liu Chong of Taiyuan." Guo Wei touched his black beard with a murderous look on his face, "He is stubborn and dares to raise an army to cause chaos. He also raises the banner of Liu Han and is an enemy of the Zhou Dynasty. I will never spare him lightly!"

Uncle Guo slapped a gilt dragon head on the armrest of the royal throne.

Wei Renpu and others looked at each other. It seemed that the officials had decided to use troops against Hedong, but they still had to come up with specific strategies on how to fight.

While he was talking, an old man wearing a red robe and with gray hair appeared quietly at the door of the hall. He did not speak and stood with a respectful expression.

There was no response from the inner palace guards and eunuchs who were on duty outside the palace. It seemed that this person could go straight into the palace without saying hello, and even came to the palace to have an audience without a roll call.

Guo Wei noticed his appearance, frowned and said in a deep voice: "Wang Ambassador, do you have something important?"

All the ministers looked back, and it turned out that the person who appeared at the gate of the main hall was Wu De envoy Wang Lingwen.

In an instant, several important ministers frowned in unison. Even Wang Yin, who had been hiding nearby and yawning secretly, stood up a little straighter and secretly pinched the tiger's mouth to wake himself up.

Wang Yin has just been promoted to the commander of the Guards and Horse Infantry Army. He is in charge of the Guards Department and is currently the nominal first commander of the Zhou Dynasty Forbidden Army.Wang Yin had the merit of following the dragon, and he was an old friend of Guo Wei. The great Zhou Dynasty was established. Wang Yin claimed that his merits were unparalleled. He also had military power and holy family members, which made a man full of ambition.

Wang Yin had just taken in two concubines last night. They were beauties selected by Liu Chengyou from among the people to be brought into the palace. Before they were favored, they had been placed in the Yeting Bureau.

Wang Yin accidentally learned about it, and secretly sent someone to take them out of the palace and hide them. After two or three months, the news subsided, and then he dared to take them into his room with confidence.

After fighting for half a night, Wang Yin felt very tired. Fortunately, the official gave the ministers a seat, otherwise his two weak legs might not be able to stand.

Thanks to the officials!

But no matter how sleepy he was, Wang Yin had to cheer up when he saw Wang Lingwen appear.

Wang Lingwen is the Wude Envoy and is in charge of the Wude Department.

Wudesi also had a name in history, Imperial City Division.

The Wude Division is in charge of palace confinement, housing guards, and spying on intelligence. It is the official agency of the emperor's minions since the late Tang Dynasty.

The last Wude envoy was Liu Chengyou's uncle Li Ye.

In the Guangzhengdian Incident, as well as the subsequent executions of Shi Hongzhao and Yang Bin, and the siege of Guo Wei's residence, several events that affected the general trend of the world, Wude Si played a crucial role.

Wang Lingwen was fifty-six years old and a native of Hejian.

From a resume point of view, Wang Lingwen and Guo Wei have no intersection.

But what no one knows is that Guo Wei had already known Wang Lingwen at least during the period when Zhuangzong Li Cunxu's personal guards were "conforming directly to the horse".

They were all Li Cunxu's personal guards.

At that time, Wang Lingwen's position was higher than that of Guo Wei. Later, Guo Wei followed Liu Zhiyuan, while Wang Lingwen continued to follow Shi Jingtang.

During the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Wang Lingwen, the governor of Anzhou, came to Beijing for the first time to meet. Guo Wei was overjoyed, and the two talked at night by candlelight. On the second day, Guo Wei decreed that Wang Lingwen be the envoy of Wude, who could enter and leave the court at will, and there was no need to notify the emperor to see him.

Wang Lingwen walked quickly to the palace, bowed his head and said: "I am going to report to the official family. I have a report on the affairs in the south!"

Wang Lingwen's voice was plain and his appearance was ordinary.

Only one pair of arms is unusually long, and the palms are wider than ordinary people. The joints are thick and covered with scars.

Guo Wei breathed a sigh of relief. He thought it was Liu Chong from Hedong who had made some changes, so he smiled and said, "Southern side? Could it be that Li Jing's son gave me a few more boxes of coral agate?"

The ministers chuckled.

Wang Lingwen smiled, took out a memorial without any words on the cover and held it above his head.

"Send it up." Guo Wei said.

Wang Lingwen hurriedly walked up the imperial steps, sent the memorial to Guo Wei and laid it out on the imperial case, and then retreated to the palace to wait.

Guo Wei opened the book and glanced at it a few times, then said "Huh", then turned back to read carefully, and suddenly burst out laughing.

The ministers were curious and didn't know what was written in Wang Lingwen's secret memorial.

Wang Lingwen looked calm and his smile did not change.

"This Zhu Xiu is just making nonsense!" Guo Wei scolded with a smile and raised the book in his hand, "Do you know, sir, what kind of trouble did this boy Zhu Xiu cause in Jiangning?"

All the ministers looked at each other confused, is it actually related to Zhu Xiu?

What kind of major event can actually lead the Labor Military Virtue Envoy to go to the palace to report it in person?

When Wang Jun heard that it was about Zhu Xiu, he immediately lost interest and curled his lips with disdain.

Wei Renpu hurriedly said: "Please let the officials make it clear!"

Wei Renpu and Zhu Xiu were both teachers and friends, and he did not want to see anything happen to Zhu Xiu in Jiangnan.

Guo Wei said amusedly: "This bastard found his family in Jiangning, but accidentally got into a conflict with the Tang Crown Prince Li Hongji. He dared to break into the royal garden in the middle of the night and kidnapped that Li Hongji!

Fortunately, this boy was lucky and had many friends. Taifu Zhou Zong, Li Jing's sixth son, and Xu Xuan, a great talent from Jiangnan, came forward as guarantees, thus saving his life.

Now Zhu Xiaozi is under house arrest in Honglu Temple by Li Jing. He is not in danger of his life for the time being, but he can't escape easily."

Wei Renpu walked up the stairs and took the booklet, flipped through it and passed it around to each other.

The booklet was written concisely and clearly, clearly describing the causes and consequences of Zhu Xiu's troubles.

Wei Renpu couldn't laugh or cry. Wherever there was Zhu Xiu, there would be trouble. That boy was really restless.

Wang Jun took the opportunity and said: "Guan, Zhu Xiu, who is a subject of our court, actually did something unbecoming in a foreign country. He deserves his punishment, so there is no need to pay attention to it."

"Hmm~" Guo Wei smiled and did not express his position.

Wei Renpu immediately said: "Zhu Xiunai was granted the title of Marquis of the Founding of the State by his official family. He served as the Deputy Envoy of the Huai Army. He was also considered a high-ranking official. Now he is detained in Jiangning by the Tang Dynasty. How can our court ignore it?

What's more, Zhu Xiu has made great contributions to the country, has a lot of treasures in his belly, and has talents in the world. Now he is trapped in the enemy's country, and his life is in danger at any time. If the officials and the court don't care about this matter and spread it, won't it make the world think that the officials are And the court is unkind and unjust? "

"Hmph~ It was Zhu Xiu who ran to Jiangning on his own, and it was not the officials who forced him to go! Besides, kidnapping the Tang Crown Prince, being rude and rude, and damaging the court's face is a serious crime!" Wang Jun sneered in a sinister manner.

Wei Renpu retorted: "Zhu Xiu's filial piety when he went south to find relatives. He did not hesitate to risk his life to save his relatives. This is an act of great filial piety. How can he be blamed?"

Wang Jun took the secret memorandum and ridiculed: "Wei Chengzhi can be seen clearly. The secret memorandum of the Wang Envoy said that Zhu Xiu brazenly robbed people because he was competing with Li Hongji for the daughter of Zhou Zong!
Jealousy for a woman's popularity, this is what Wei Chengzhi said, what people who have made great contributions to the country do!
Even if Zhu Xiu has some ability, this incident is enough to show that this person is frivolous and dissolute, has no sense of propriety, does not care about the overall situation, is greedy for sex, and is really useless! "

Wei Renpu said angrily: "Jiangning is thousands of miles away. It is too arbitrary for Privy Wang to judge Zhu Xiu for the crime based on just a report!"

Wang Jun smiled strangely and said: "What Wei Chengzhi means is that he doesn't believe in the ability of Wu Desi and Wang Shisi to handle affairs?"

Before Wei Renpu could speak, Wang Lingwen, who had been silent all this time, suddenly handed over his hand and said calmly: "This secret report was written by someone based on the information summarized below. It does not represent the full story of the incident. I am not sure whether the details are true or not."

Wei Renpu agreed: "Wang Envoy's words are justified. Whether Zhu Xiu is guilty or not, we should wait for him to come back. It's not the Jiangnan court's turn to pronounce the sentence."

Wang Jun glanced at Wang Lingwen angrily, snorted and said nothing.

Wang Lingwen still lowered his eyelids with a smile on his face.

Guo Wei watched the dispute calmly.

Although Zhu Xiu was far away in Jiangning and thousands of miles away in the main hall of Kaifeng, he still caused unrest because of him.

Poor boy Zhu Xiu is really a troublemaker!

　I just got home, exhausted as a dog, and on the way, I held my mobile phone and coded out a chapter...
　　
　
(End of this chapter)