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Volume 2: Hu Qi Xiliu Zhe Chapter 131: The Key to the Center

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    PS: Hun Cai, God¡¯s angry brother, this and this, huge rewards, how embarrassing is this!  The face is full of bullshit!  I'll continue typing for a while, I have to add more today.  The Taining army surrendered without a fight, making most of Henan Province the land controlled by Li Chengzhong. Today, Li Chengzhong, not counting the thousands of miles of fertile fields outside the pass, has more than 60 prefectures in Hebei, Hedong, and the central and western parts of Henan, with a population of 1,000  More than three million.  According to estimates from Hebei, it accounts for almost 40% of the number of households in the country!  The formation of such a behemoth made Wang Shifan aware of the changes in the general trend of the world.  Wang Shifan was originally a general, and his father Wang Jing was a military general, and later served as Pinglu Jiedushi. Wang Shifan can be said to be a son who inherited his father's career, and he is a typical second official.  Speaking of which, this second official is quite famous among the vassals in the world, but he is not famous for his martial prowess.  Wang Shifan was very fond of Confucianism. He had a complete collection of books at home and a large number of "disciples of saints" in his tent. He loved talking about scriptures the most.  Although he is not good at poetry, he is very knowledgeable and is the most knowledgeable in the feudal town.  He respected filial piety and loved the people, and it can be said that he lived and worked in peace and contentment under his rule.  But it seems that Wang Shifan did not inherit the martial prowess of his father's generation. He is more inclined to use tactics to solve problems, both internally and externally.  When Wang Shifan took over the power of Qianqing at the age of sixteen, his general Lu Hong refused to accept it, so Wang Shifan wrote a letter saying that he was young and not qualified enough to convince others, and he only wanted to save his life, so he was willing to hand over the power to Lu Hong.  As a result, Wang Shifan killed Lu Hong who came to take over power at the banquet.  In the second year of Tianfu, Wang Shifan raised troops in response to the court's call to attack Zhu Quanzhong, but the way of using troops was still based on power.  He ordered his generals to dress up as traders and pawns and sneak into more than ten cities and towns in Henan at the same time, hoping to win with this "unexpected trick".  The military strategy, which was almost child's play, resulted in heavy losses. Only Liu Wei succeeded by chance, and the others all failed. Liu Wei was also trapped in Yanzhou for many years, unable to contribute on the Qingqing battlefield.  This also led to the great loss of Qing Qing's strength when dealing with the Liang King's army later.  It was almost impossible to cope, so we had to ask Hebei and Huainan for help.  Therefore, the King of Liang once evaluated Wang Shifan, saying that he was "good at politics, but lacked the power of a tiger and a wolf. He could be in the court, and he could be a state or county. He could not be a vassal town." Because most of the people around him have inexplicable connections with Hebei.  The relationship is unknown, so Wang Shifan is very clear about Yan Jun's momentum.  Li Siye, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, has taken up an official position in Hebei and often corresponds with Wang Shifan, detailing various "new policies" in Hebei. His younger brother Wang Shiyue studied at Fanyang Military Academy for one year and is very familiar with the Yan army's military system.  Instill in him the advantages of the Yan army; and the second brother Wang Shike just returned from Shangdang.  He was extremely afraid of the powerful combat capabilities of the Yan Army. In Wang Shike's narrative, the Yan Army was "invincible", which made Wang Shifan have little hope of defeating the Yan Army.  While Wang Shifan was still hesitating, his confidant general Liu Wei received Ge Congzhou's letter.  Liu Wei and Ge Congzhou met in Yanzhou. They faced each other in the city for a year, and they became good friends.  Liu Wei treated Ge Congzhou's mother as if he were his own.  Ge Congzhou tried his best to provide supplies for Liu Wei, and the two armies later treated each other with respect. Speaking of which, the Battle of Yanzhou can be regarded as a miracle in the history of war.  Later, when Liu Wei evacuated Yanzhou, Ge Congzhou's mother simply accepted Liu Wei as her godson. She held Ge Congzhou with her left hand and Liu Wei with her right hand, so that they must support each other in the future.  Ge Congzhou told Liu Wei his considerations and persuaded Liu Wei to join Yan.  Liu Wei is also a loyal person.  He didn't want to betray his master, but he felt that what Ge Congzhou said was very reasonable, so he went to Wang Shifan with a letter and asked Wang Shifan what he should do.  Wang Shifan has always respected Confucianism, and Liu Wei's godmother and godbrother were both in Bianzhou, and they prevented Liu Wei from going. Wang Shifan couldn't talk about this kind of thing.  I see that everyone around me has a tendency to fall into disgrace.  Wang Shifan also knew that the situation was over.  However, Wang Shifan did not care too much about his family's power. He regarded himself as a Confucian scholar, and often talked with his "Confucian friends" about the things of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and he still yearned for the restoration of the unification of the imperial court.  After all, King Yan is different from King Liang.  King Yan was a member of the royal family, and surrendering to King Yan would not violate his outlook on life and world view, so he simply expressed his willingness to accept the leadership of the central government.  What needs to be explained is that Wang Shifan always believed that the one he should submit to should and could only be the imperial court!  On the first day of May, Li Chengzhong went to Mount Tai to meet with Wang Shifan.  In addition to the important ministers on both sides, there was also Zhang Jun, who was active in Qingqing and had a profound influence on Wang Normal University.  "Speaking of Zhang Jun, this gentleman is really extraordinary, he is a famous prime minister of his generation.  He first made his fortune during the reign of Emperor Xizong, and was later used by the emperor. At the highest official position, he served as Dr. Guanglu, minister of the family, minister of the household department, Pingzhangshi of the Tongzhongshu family, the founder of Shangzhu Kingdom and Qinghe County, and Shi.  There were 1,200 households in the city, and all the soldiers and horses marched to the east of the Chonghe River to recruit and appoint envoys.  Born in troubled times, Zhang Jun was in a good position, because his Confucianism was actually not good. If it were a time of peace, there would be absolutely no hope of becoming a high official.  But he is very adaptable, secretly learned the art of vertical and horizontal, but achieved his achievements from this.  Zhang Jun did two of the most influential things in his life. One was to lead the court's last fighting force to conquer Hedong. As a result, the court was defeated. Since then, there were no more available troops, and he himself became an official.  After becoming an official, Zhang Jun was not idle. He kept running around and devoted himself to lobbying the feudal vassals all over the world to be loyal to the imperial court. Persuading Wang Jingwu and Wang Shifan and his son to be loyal to the imperial court was the second major thing he did. For this reason, he was highly praised by Wang Shifan.  , almost to the point of obeying his words.  , Li Chengzhong has had several contacts with this world-famous prime minister. In his opinion, Zhang Jun loves himself more than the court. He uses the name of the central government to seek power for himself.  Zhang Jun was the first to join the eunuch Yang Fugong's account and was recommended by Yang Fugong, and then he embarked on an official career.  After Yang Fugong lost power, he immediately fell to Tian Lingzi.  Later, Yang Fugong came back to power and deposed him, and he defected to Jinshang again.  "Li Chengzhong can't say he likes or dislikes such a person, but his ability to judge the situation is exactly what Li Chengzhong needs.  Li Chengzhong really felt that he lacked a charismatic and influential court official to stand up for him - among Hebei officials, Feng Dao and Han Yanhui were too young and too junior.  In fact, Zhang Jun, who was respectfully invited by Normal University Wang to be the middle man, already had his heart set on his destiny.  In the second year of Tianfu, Li Chengzhong helped Jian Qing resist Xuanwu. At that time, he had contact with Zhang Jun. As they became more and more intimate in private, Zhang Jun gradually became "infatuated" with this member of the Li Tang clan and began to pay attention to him.  Li Chengzhong "bets".  With this person by your side, the meeting in Taishan will naturally be smooth sailing.  Wang Shifan almost fully accepted Li Chengzhong's conditions, but he also had one request: he would only accept orders from the court.  This request was not difficult. It was like adding a fig leaf to Wang Shifan, so Li Chengzhong immediately agreed.  What Li Chengzhong wants is not simple "surrender". The kind of surrender that bows to him on the surface and expresses willingness to obey orders, but in fact is still divided, is meaningless to Li Chengzhong.  In fact, before the Guanghua period, Wang Shifan had always surrendered to Zhu Quanzhong. At that time, Zhu Quanzhong's main target was Li Keyong in Hedong, and he did not have much energy to take care of Jian Qing, so when Wang Shifan expressed his alliance with him, he showed his intention to reconcile.  When asked, he readily agreed.  In the relationship between Qianqing and Xuanwu, the two families are allies on the surface, but Qianqing needs to supply food and fodder to Xuanwu's army from time to time, and when Xuanwu needs it, it occasionally dispatches a few troops to join the war.  In addition, when the situation required it, Qian Qing had to closely cooperate with Xuanwu in public opinion - such as reporting to the court together, or reprimanding a certain vassal town for what was wrong, etc.  On the Qingqing territory, the appointment of officials, the recruitment and mobilization of the army, even the dispatch of troops, the collection of money and food, etc. were all matters of the family, and Xuanwu could not dictate.  Such a surrender is impossible for Li Chengzhong to agree to, and it is also detrimental to the great cause of "restoring the central government." Not only would Zhang Jun not agree, but Wang Shifan himself also knew that this was unrealistic.  Therefore, the main agreement of the Taishan meeting included three aspects.  The title of Qi State was revoked, and the five prefectures of Jian, Qing, Mi, Deng and Lai under the control of Wang Shifan were re-entered into the jurisdiction of the imperial court.  The imperial court appointed state and county officials to collect taxes and implement imperial policies in accordance with the issued orders.  The original officials are all waiting to be transferred again, or to be assigned after entering the academy for "further study".  Reorganize the Qi army, abolish the original Qingqing military system, eliminate the old and weak, and grant the designation "Qingzhou Army". The military system is set according to the Yan Army system. The original generals are temporarily retained in their posts, waiting to enter Fanyang Military Academy or Baiyang Military Academy one by one.  Studying at Langshan Military Academy.  Of course, Li Chengzhong has already begun planning to establish a new military academy. Which military academy these young officers will enter in the end is a matter for later.  The Qingzhou Army was also divided into left and right wings. Two of the Wang brothers were chosen to serve as capital commanders. However, the education officers and Yuhou officers of the headquarters at all levels were selected by the General Administration of Military Staff.  As for the "King of Qi" Wang Shifan himself, after careful consideration, Li Chengzhong decided not to revoke the title of Wang Shifan.  Today, among the great feudal lords, in addition to the dead kings of Liang, Jing, Zhao, Han, and Jin (Zhou Dewei), there are also Qi, Jin (Li Cunxu), Qi, Shu, and Wu in the world.  , King of Yue, King of Chu, King of Han, King of Fujian, etc., not counting the controversial King of Jin Li Cunxu, Wang Shifan was the first one-word king to submit to the imperial court, and had a strong demonstration effect on Li Chengzhong's world strategy.  Therefore, Li Chengzhong still agreed to retain the title of King Qi of Wang Normal University, and his treatment should be similar to that of princes during the Xuanzong period, in order to protect the wealth of the Wang family.  At the same time, Li Chengzhong also had a preliminary plan to establish the highest-level Academy of Honors and Honors in the future capital, so that these princes who had been granted titles by the Tang Dynasty could continue to use their remaining energy to realize the central power framework through "aristocratic democracy".  relatively stable.  At the end of May, Wang Shifan ordered the demolition of a large number of fences erected in Lianzhou, Qingzhou, and Mizhou.The fortress was built while waiting for the official edict from the court.  For this edict, Li Chengzhong had left Yanzhou half a month ago and headed for Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty.
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