Yongde returned to Bianliang, and it was already the beginning of July of the first year of Guangshun. Lingzhou is not going well, Feng Jialang Shuo Fang Yanei commanded Feng Jixun and Qilang Shuo Fang Yanei Ma Bujun Du Yu Hou Feng Jiye is almost the same situation, the old Feng Hui is too sick to get out of bed, and he can't restrain the fight between the two sons at all. Shuofang's tooth soldiers divided their wings into two factions. Supporting the two young masters respectively. When Zhang Yongde arrived, although Lingzhou was relatively calm on the surface, the undercurrent was actually turbulent and thrilling. In order to win the support of the imperial court, the two factions spared no effort to woo Zhang Yongde and others. Among the two factions, Feng Jixun has been in charge of Lingzhou for many years on behalf of his father, and his popularity is high, while Feng Jiye has led the army to fight against the Qiang Party on the front line for many years, and he is brave and able to fight, and he is quite popular with the army; The other sons of the Feng family were attached to the two brothers, and it was difficult to tell the winner for a while.

Zhang Yongde and others had to leave Lingzhou until mid-May, and rushed back to Bianliang all the way non-stop. In the past six months, the personnel of the DPRK and China have undergone tremendous changes.

Murong Yanchao's Taining army had been wiped out in May, and in June, Emperor Guo Wei drove Qufu to visit the Confucian Temple. After Guo Wei entered the temple, he actually wore a full set of Son of Heaven robes to bow three times and bow nine times to the throne of Confucius, and the attendant Hanlin Bachelor dissuaded: "Confucius is a courtier, and he should not be worshiped by the Son of Heaven!" ”。 Guo Wei replied: "Confucius is the teacher of hundreds of emperors, how can it be disrespectful? Later, he visited the mausoleum of Confucius with the same etiquette, and visited the descendants of Confucius and Yanzi, and appointed them as the commander and chief secretary of Qufu County respectively.

This was the beginning of the Chinese emperor's great salute to the throne of Confucius. Since then, Confucius has been above the previous kings for a thousand years. Guo Wei's move really had unusual political significance during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, when the warriors abused power and the warlords fought in the warlords, and in fact, it was the beginning of the civilian political system for the next thousand years. Guo Wei's worship of Confucius, ostensibly because the emperor had an inexplicable dream, was actually the beginning of a great political reform that had been planned for a long time. Whether it was Chai Rong or Zhao Kuangyin later. The emperor bowed to Confucius, indicating that the turbulent times of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were coming to an end, and the brilliant civil era was about to begin.

In late June, the emperor returned to Beijing, and on the same day, Shangshu Zuo Servant shot the privy envoy Wang Jun, who was under the door of the same book, said that he was sick and sought to solve the machine.

As soon as the emperor returned to Beijing, his close comrades-in-arms and deputy commanders resigned. This is clearly not giving the emperor face. However, Guo Wei was helpless against the number one hero who was able to ascend to the throne. The day after returning to Beijing, Guo Wei sent eunuchs as envoys to urge Wang Jun to enter the interior to look at the matter. Wang Jun hurriedly reprimanded the lieutenant envoy, the lieutenant reluctantly returned, and Guo Wei had no choice but to give up.

Hearing that Zhang Yongde returned to Beijing, Guo Wei was overjoyed, and he hurriedly summoned Zhang Yongde to the interior to meet him.

In the Yanying Palace, Zhang Yunde saluted, and Guo Wei waved his hand again and again: "Quickly give the Jin State a horse to sit on!" ”

Zhang Yongde thanked him. Guo Wei hurriedly asked: "Yanzhou and Lingzhou, what is the matter?" ”

Zhang Yongde replied calmly: "Yanzhou is still safe, Lingzhou is only afraid that there will be big changes in the near future, Feng Linggong's condition is not very good, and the minister thinks that the imperial court should make plans early!" ”

Guo Wei listened and asked, "According to your opinion." How long will Yanzhou be able to settle down? ”

Zhang Yongde replied truthfully: "Now that both the Zhejia family and the military and government of Yanzhou support the mutiny of Li Wenge, who came to power, and his people have basically controlled the situation in Yanzhou, even if the Gao family wants to restore, I am afraid that it will not be possible in a short time!" ”

Guo Wei nodded, beckoned, and the chamberlain handed over a piece of music, handed it to Zhang Yongde and said, "Look at it, this is Gao Yunquan's music from Yanzhou in May." It was handed to the privy council through the Zhangwu military residence envoy, and then the privy was handed over. ”

Zhang Yongde couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard that it was Gao Yunquan's recital, in his opinion, Gao Yunquan had completely lost his position. How could a person who no longer had personal freedom be able to present a seal to the imperial court through the envoy of the mansion controlled by Li Bin?

He opened it to look at. But seeing that the above is indeed Gao Yunquan's own handwriting, it is said that he is sick and is already in his last years, so he implores to resign from his position as a festival envoy and go home to support the elderly, and his own sons are not angry, and none of them can inherit their mantle, so they recommend the tooth general Luziguan to inspect and make Li Wenge take over Yanzhou instead of himself. On the left side is the name of the Nguyen.

Zhang Yongde shook his head and smiled bitterly, he hadn't returned to Beijing yet, the Gao family had already fallen, and this speed was really fast enough. However, in terms of the situation in Yanzhou, this is not surprising.

However, he was surprised that Zhe Congruan did not recommend Li Wenge himself, but was led by Gao Yunquan to play his own name. He raised his head and asked, "Your Majesty, isn't there a recital in the folding?" ”

Guo Wei waved again, and served the second seal, saying, "This is the folded Ruan Di seal!" ”

When Zhang Yongde respectfully opened it, he saw that although Li Wenge was mentioned in Ruan's seal, he only stated that this person was "brave and able to fight, and won the hearts of the army", but the main content of the seal was to analyze the situation in Yanzhou and the strength of the Dingyan army, and to request a large-scale attack on the party members to force them to submit to the imperial court.

He was suddenly confused, and then Guo Wei asked, "How?" ”

Zhang Yongde handed the seal back to the inner servant, and said thoughtfully: "Before the minister left Yanzhou, he had a deep conversation with the servant, and the servant meant that he was ready to support this Li to set up another military town in Yanzhou, alongside the Zhangwu army. In the folding, he intended to recommend Li Bin to serve as the Yanzhou observation and disposal envoy in order to share the power of the Gao family. He didn't

The matter of the military attack on the party. The minister thought that Yanzhou Wenwu had already recommended this Li Wenge to replace the Gao family with Dabei, so the minister felt that this seal of the high servant was not really out of his own will, and nine times out of ten he was coerced to do it......"

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Guo Wei nodded: "Fan Wensu and they also see it this way!" ”

He asked, "Can this Li hold Yanzhou?" ”

Zhang Yongde nodded: "This person is much stronger than the Gao family's father and son, he is a person who knows the army, and the army in his hands is far from being comparable to the Zhangwu army." In the face of the party's iron cavalry, he still has the strength to fight, and has a very good relationship with the civil officials, and the civil officials of the nine counties all support his ascension. Only as far as the minister sees. In a short period of time, this civil-military alliance is quite solid. This person was born in Li Bin's family slave and was quite respectful to Li Bin, which is probably the main reason why the civil officials are willing to support him......"

Guo Wei bowed his head slowly, and said with a smile: "In this way, Gao Yunquan's seal is really a step for the local strongmen of them to give the imperial court a step......

Zhang Yongde nodded and said, "Your Majesty Shengming." The minister also thought so. It may not be so difficult to openly kill the high-ranking servants to stand on their own feet, and to have the support of the servants. It's just that the court must not look good, so coercing the high servants on the table is really the best step. ”

Guo Wei nodded: "What about your own opinion?" Should the court grant his wishes? ”

Zhang Yongde hesitated for a while, and said slowly: "The minister doesn't know much about the general situation, and only the military is for His Majesty......

"Speak—"

"According to the party in the north of Yanzhou, the Yellow River in the east confronted the Northern Han Dynasty. It's a strategic location. If there is no capable soldier to defend it, Guanzhong will always be under the threat of the difficult army. It is better to have this person to guard Yanzhou than to assign Yanzhou to the Zhe family. One is that the Zhejia family is now passing through the four towns, and the power is too large, and the north of Guanzhong has no strength that can compete with it except for the Shuofang army. However, now that Feng Linggong is seriously ill and the internal strife in Lingwu is fierce, it is actually extremely difficult to form a containment of the Dingyan Army and the Zhe family. To support this Li Wenge, the north can be a party item, and the east can control Taiyuan, and at the same time, it will not let the territory of the Zhejia family be connected. Forming an oversized feudal town. Your Majesty, the Gao family will never be able to do these things. If the imperial court has no intention of cutting the feudal domain in the near future, the minister thinks that it is better to push the boat down the river, Yanzhou is too far away, and the current internal court is still unstable, so it is really not suitable for remote control. ”

Zhang Yongde's words were simple and clear. Guo Wei listened to Bi Liangjiu's pondering silence.

After a while, he asked, "Will this Li become a puppet of the Zhe family?" ”

Zhang Yongde shook his head and said, "I don't think I ......."

"Oh? Why? ”

Zhang Yunde was about to answer, but saw a colleague running in in a hurry: "Your Majesty, the privy deputy envoy Zheng Renzhi is invited to see, there is an urgent seal in the northwest." ”

Guo Wei waved his hand and said, "Pass him in!" ”

After a while, the newly appointed privy deputy envoy Zheng Renzhi hurriedly walked into the hall, knelt down with a panicked face, and said, "Your Majesty." Lingwu Mansion set envoys to the palace to present the seal, Shuo Fang Jiedu made Chen Liujun Wang Feng Linggong, his son Ya Nei Du Yu Marquis Feng Jiye killed the commander Feng Jixun, claiming to be Shuo Fang Jiedu Liuhou. He expressed his condolences and stated his brother's sin, and asked the court to allow him to succeed him as the envoy of Shuo Fang Jiedu......"

Guo Wei suddenly stood up in shock, walked quickly to Zheng Renyu, took the watch seal in his hand with his own hands, silently unfolded it and read it for a while, slowly closed the watch seal, and said a little lonely: "Feng Ru went to ......"

Zhang Yongde immediately left his seat, lifted his robe and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty's mourning-"

Guo Wei smiled bitterly: "How unfair is it for God to treat me...... Arise, all of you. ”

Zhang Yongde and Zheng Renzhi stood up, Guo Wei was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "Zheng Qing-"

"The minister is here—" Zheng Renzhi replied.

Guo Wei said: "Under the door of the book, call Fan Zhen and Li Gu to come in to discuss the matter, and pass on Dou Yi, a bachelor of Hanlin." ”

Dou Yi was a newly appointed scholar of Hanlin, and was appreciated by the emperor for his advice on the way to conquer Murong Yanchao, and in recent months the emperor has entrusted him with the drafting of all important edicts.

At that moment, Zheng Renzhi withdrew, Guo Wei stood silently on the Dan, as if pondering something, Zhang Yongde stood aside and didn't dare to speak and disturb.

After a while, Dou Yi came to see him, Guo Wei waved his sleeves and ordered him to be exempt, and then said: "Dou Qing drafted four texts for me——"

Dou Yi responded yes, and then there were internal servants to move a few cases and pen, ink, paper and inkstone, waiting for Dou Yi to lift the pen, Guo Weicai said: "The first system of the text was sent to Yanzhou Zhangwu Army, Ming Zhao, Zhangwu Army Festival Degree Envoy Yan'an County Gong Gao Yunquan, Zhenyanzhou for many years, hard work, now with the old and sick begging bones, the court cares about the old ministers, the edict is not allowed, and then reads his frailty, and promotes Yanzhou Observation Judge Li Bin as Yanzhou Observation and Disposal Envoy, and also supports the tax envoy, on behalf of Gao's nine county civil affairs, and Li Wenge is the defense envoy of Yanzhou and the regiment training envoy, General Jin Zhongwu, The right to know the military of Zhangwu, and also know the affairs of Yanzhou, Xu compiled and trained the new town, in order to control the party! ”

As he spoke, Dou Yi wrote like a flying text without adding points, and in an instant, a four-six form edict encouraging the old minister to promote the newcomer had been written.

Guo Wei nodded with satisfaction and said: "The second document was sent to the Shuofang army in Lingzhou, the Ming edict, and the Shuofang festival made Chen Liujun Wang Zhongshu Ling Feng Hui. Now hearing of his passing, I deeply mourn myself, and specially posthumously present him as the king of Wei and the prince, and I will make it too often, and I will judge it personally. His son succeeded in his career, and he was brave and capable of arming. Yubian has merit, and he is specially ordered to temporarily take Lingzhou to stay after the festival, so as to wait for the future. ”

When he had finished saying this decree,

He was stunned for a while, and it wasn't until Fan Zhen, Li Gu, and Zheng Renyu came in that he ordered the two prime ministers to sit, and then said: "The third document will be sent to the camp of the Jingnan Army in Yanzhou." Ming Zhao, the three towns of the festival to make the service from Ruan, the defense of the state for many years, hard work and high achievements, the special purpose to add the title of the Duke of the country, worship the book order. On the day he returns to Beijing, I will worship with a golden seal and a purple ribbon. ”

Fan Zhen and Li Gu looked at each other, I don't know why the emperor was suddenly in such a hurry to give the emperor from Ruan Jiaguan to the knight, Feng Hui had just died, and it was a fact that the Zhongshu Order was vacant. But there seems to be no need for such hasty appointments.

Guo Wei ignored the suspicions of the two prime ministers, and continued to dictate: "The fourth document was sent to the camp of the Jingnan army in Yanzhou, and the secret edict was issued to set up a camp in the north of Guanzhong in Yanzhou, and to control the four armies of Jingnan, Yong'an, Zhangwu, Shuofang and the newly established military town camp, and to deploy the camp in the north of Guanzhong with the three towns and festivals. Gao Yunquan, the commander of the Zhangwu Army, and Gao Yunquan, the governor of Yong'an, and the governor of Yong'an, were deployed as the deputy capital, and Li Wenge, the defense envoy of Yanzhou, was the capital of the Mabu Army in the north of Guanzhong, and Feng Jiye was the capital of the camp; The armies will work hard to destroy the party, so that they cannot disturb our state and county, and our military state......"

When this edict was dictated, Fan Zhen and Li Gu immediately stood up in shock, and said in unison: "Your Majesty—"

Guo Wei waved his hand and said with a bleak smile: "When Dou Qing plans to make these four documents, I and the two ministers should discuss them in detail." If you feel that the book is inappropriate, you can return it! ”

After speaking, he said to Zheng Renzhi: "Zheng Qing don't want to quit his hard work, and go to Brother Xiufeng's mansion for me." Urge him to go to the forbidden place to look at the matter, and if he does not come, I should personally go and ask ......"

As he spoke, the face of the emperor, who was over half a hundred years old, once again revealed an indescribable look of loneliness......

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In Shanzhou, in Jiedu Mansion, the dusty Wang Pu was bowing to a young official in his early thirties.

"Mr. Wenbo, please take a seat, it's been hard for you all the way......

The tall and handsome young official smiled and helped Wang Pu, personally helped him sit down on the chair, and waved his hand to order the subordinates to serve tea.

"The scenery of Guanzhong, can you still see it?" The young man was very leisurely, with a lovely smile on his face, but he faintly revealed an indescribable majesty and momentum, although he was talking about the scenery, but it always gave people a sense of solemnity and solemnity.

Wang Pu shook his head lightly: "The population is withering, the fields are barren, and there is no Tang Dynasty weather anymore!" ”

"Oh?" The young man put away his smile and said for a long time: "Chang'an is the same?" ”

Wang Pu nodded: "That precious nephew of Xiufeng Xiangdi is really not a local talent, it is barely possible to govern the army, but it is quite funny to use it to govern the government......"

The young man nodded: "I've heard of it!" ”

Wang Pu said again: "This trip to Yanzhou has gained a lot!" ”

The young man smiled and said, "How? Can Li Wenge still see it? ”

Wang Pu's brows locked: "But it's hard to say!" ”

"Oh? Why? ”

"This person has a different way to govern the army, and his method is not found in the art of war, but it is deeply in line with the way of Sun Wu...... How it used its troops is unknown, but it can behead nearly 300 people in one battle, which is definitely not something that ordinary people can do! ”

The young man suddenly came to his senses: "So this person can be called a famous general?" ”

Wang Pu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's hard to say......"

The young man was even more surprised: "If you can govern the army and fight, how can you not be called a famous general?" ”

Wang Pudao: "It is true that he can be called a famous general, but the lower officials just feel that the word famous general is not enough to cover his ......."

The young man's brows furrowed, but he heard Wang Pu say: "Knowing military affairs is only one of its strengths, can help the homeless, can cultivate and build, and is humble and studious, courteous and respectful of Confucian ministers." The lower officials and the concubines went together, calling the concubines 'generals', calling the lower officials 'teachers', and even Han Qiren, who could be respectful and flattering. The civil officials of Yanzhou actually have the taste of serving them to death, and their vision, heart, and insight are not comparable to ordinary feudal towns...... Therefore, the lower official said that the word 'famous general' is really not enough to cover this person......"

The young man nodded, and thoughtfully took a sip of his tea.

Wang Pu continued: "Besides, this person seems to know everything about Master Jing, and he seems to have known about Han Mingda's appointment as the inspector of the right wing. This matter is very strange, it is far away in a remote military state, how can the news be so well-informed? If it is said that the court should be careful in its own affairs, but how do they use to deliver the message? Moreover, only His Majesty and He knew about such a secret matter before it was announced, and even the Privy Council did not know about it, so how did he know about it? ”

The young man frowned and thought for a while, then asked, "Forbidden Army?" ”

Wang Pu shook his head and said: "Prince, that secret decree was personally handed over to Guo Chongchong by Han Mingda himself later, and it was not leaked to the forbidden army in advance......

"Again—" Wang Pu then said with a solemn expression, "He actually said to me in private, the prince and the prince have been in other states for a long time, it is not a long-term solution, and in the current situation, although he can't be a Shensheng, he can't completely follow the heavy ear......"

The young man's face finally became serious and gloomy, the tea cup in his hand tilted unconsciously, and the tea soup was about to spill down......