Chapter 18: The Dead Wang Jun (II)
Since this incident, Wang Jun has become more arrogant, and correspondingly, he has talked with Guo Wei more often, and the cycle has become shorter.
One day, Wang Jun found Guo Wei again, "Your Majesty, in view of the excellent work of the prime minister and privy envoy Wang Jun, and he still has more spare energy, should he be given more duties?" Guo Wei thought for a while and said, "Okay, what position do you want?" "Let's have something affordable, it's very good to make the Pinglu Festival." Wang Jun said. "Okay then." Guo Wei agreed to Wang Jun's request again.
One day, Wang Jun found Guo Wei again, "Your Majesty, in view of the fact that Wang Jun, the prime minister and privy envoy and the envoy of Pinglu Jiedu, is doing a very good job, but his family is too poor, he should be given a salary increase." Guo Wei thought for a while and said, "Okay, how much do you want to increase your monthly salary?" "Why are there so many monthly salaries and how many annual salaries are so fragmentary?" It's so annoying to wait, I see that we still have Ayara Wanju in our treasury, and they are all given to him. When Guo Wei heard this, his face suddenly turned blue and white for a while. The treasury of the Later Zhou Dynasty was not rich in the first place, and the successive campaigns consumed a lot of money, and Guo Wei's reform required a lot of money, and it was not easy to have these family backgrounds. As soon as Wang Jun opened his mouth, he was about to take it, Guo Wei was distressed. But for the sake of the overall situation, Guo Wei had to grit his back molars and say, "Yes, take it." ”
Guo Wei agreed to almost all of Wang Jun's requests, and things should have gone on peacefully, but until an incident happened, the contradiction between the two people was completely intensified.
What's going on? One day, Wang Jun invited Guo Wei to be a guest at home, and Guo Wei happily went. What is Wang Jun looking for Guo Wei? When Guo Wei arrived and saw it, it turned out that Wang Jun had built a small house, which was said to be extremely luxurious. Please come to Guo Wei, Lin Xing drinks. Of course, Guo Wei is very happy, how can a good brother be unhappy when he invites himself to drink? Guo Wei and Wang Jun are playing and drinking to their heart's content. Guo Wei also frequently toasted Wang Jun at the banquet, giving Wang Jun enough face.
The next day, Guo Wei seemed to be inspired by Wang Jun and planned to build a small house in his palace, but he didn't expect that as soon as the construction started, Wang Jun came to the door and started a new round of conversation with Guo Wei. Wang Jun said: "Your Majesty, you have enough houses, why do you need to build a new one?" After Guo Wei heard this, his face began to turn red sharply, and then began to turn blue again, and years of humiliation and hatred came to his heart, but Guo Wei still held back, he still didn't get angry. He has always maintained a long-term stability and gentleness, and slowly said such a sentence: "Brother Wang, it seems that you have a lot of houses, why do you also build houses?" Wang Jun was suddenly stunned, there were thorns in this sentence, Wang Jun seemed to be unprepared for such Guo Wei, history said that Wang Jun couldn't be right, and hurriedly walked away.
But that's it, Wang Jun is still unrepentant, and within a few days, Wang Jun found Guo Wei again and carried out the following paragraph, although it is very short and the proposition is very old-fashioned, but it is a shocking paragraph. Wang Jun said: "Li Gu and Fan Zhen are really annoying, and they must not be reused. Guo Wei didn't say anything, but his face was obviously not good. But Wang Jun didn't seem to see it, and then said: "Your Majesty, I said that it cannot be reused, that is, it can never be reused." Guo Wei still didn't speak.
Are you very curious, why did Guo Wei, who had always been obedient to Wang Jun, suddenly stop talking? Is Alzheimer's dementia? Or was he stupid to be abused by Wang Jun? Neither, the reason is very simple. Li Gu and Fan Zhen are not only Guo Wei's henchmen, but also a sharp sword used by Guo Wei to contain Wang Jun. How do you ask Guo Wei to answer, Guo Wei can only continue to be silent. But for Wang Jun, there is no trace of introspection. It's just that Wang Jun felt that this was still Guo Wei's weakness, so Wang Jun took the opportunity to put forward his own more unreasonable issues.
What issues did Wang Jun raise? Wang Jun said: "Your Majesty, I think Chen Tong is a very good person, let him take the positions of Li Gu and Fan Zhen." "Do you remember who this Chen Tong is? Wang Jun's sworn friend, this is Zhang Dan's name to install his own party in the court. Guo Wei finally stopped being silent, and he said to Wang Jun: "Wang Jun, do you remember what day it is? Today is the Winter Food Festival, a legal holiday. I won't work today, so let's do it, you wait for me to finish this festival, and then we'll discuss this matter. What's the matter, Wang Jun walked out of the hall very satisfied, and didn't notice that Guo Wei's face was not very good little by little.
Is Guo Wei really a weak person? No, this man is not only not weak, but also quite brave.
Legend has it that when Guo Wei was young, one day, Guo Wei wandered on the street, there was a butcher who bullied the market, very domineering, everyone was afraid of him, Guo Wei, who drank some wine, came to this butcher unconvinced, asked him to cut meat, and said I want ten catties of fat, not a little lean meat. Then he said, I want ten pounds of lean meat, not a little fat. In the end, he said, I want ten catties of crispy bones, and I don't want any meat at all. Isn't this story very familiar to everyone, whether this butcher's surname is Zheng is no longer available, but in terms of age, it must be Shi Nai'an who borrowed from Guo Wei, and it is definitely not Guo Wei who borrowed from Shi Nai'an.
Then Guo Wei found fault and scolded him, and the butcher also knew that Guo Wei was not easy to mess with, but in the end he couldn't help it, so he tore off his clothes and pointed to his stomach and said, "If you have the guts, you can stab him here!" Guo Wei picked up the knife and stabbed him in the stomach, but the butcher died, Guo Wei was arrested and put in prison, Li Jitao admired his courage and courage, and released him again. The above is all the history of Guo Wei's murder. May I ask you that a little hairy child dared to pick up a kitchen knife to kill people, and now he has led the troops to fight all his life, but he is afraid of things? No way.
But why did Guo Wei endure it again and again? Because Guo Wei understands very well that Wang Jun is a talent, and now Hou Zhou has just settled down and is fighting everywhere, and a large number of talents are needed to deal with things in various places. If Wang Jun is killed, not only will Hou Zhou have no benefits, but he will lose a talent in vain, and the country that has just settled down will be even more turbulent because of a civil strife. But now, there's nothing more to bear. Wang Jun almost offended all his subordinates, and dug a bottomless pit by himself. Guo Wei just needs to kick him down.
Guo Wei finally felt that he couldn't bear it any longer, and the next day the emperor went to the palace, summoned hundreds of officials to enter, and took this opportunity to imprison Wang Jun in another room. When Guo Wei summoned Feng Dao, he said with tears in his eyes: "Wang Jun bullied me, I can't bear it anymore!" So Wang Jun was demoted to Shangzhou Sima, and Wang Jun finally jumped into the big pit he had dug himself. When Wang Jun was demoted to Sima, none of the ministers of the Manchu court stood up to speak for him, and there was endless sadness, and later Wang Jun died of illness in Shangzhou.
The arrogant Wang Jun finally died, but Guo Wei's body finally failed, and Guo Wei gradually couldn't stand it anymore due to his daily work. But these are all worth it, Guo Wei left a rich and peaceful Hou Zhou, Murong Yanchao, Wang Jun and other traitorous ministers have been eradicated, and the reforms that should be made have also been changed, Hou Zhou is rich and strong, and I also have a suitable heir, although he is not my own birth. In 954 AD, Guo Wei collapsed. He was only 51 years old.
And his death is destined for the arrival of a new era, an emperor who is one of the greatest Ming monarchs in Chinese history, slowly stepped onto the stage of history. He is Chai Rong, only 34 years old.
"Don't worry, father. I won't let you down. ”