Kaifeng Palace City, Chongzheng Hall.

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

Guo Wei sat high on the imperial throne, his face was cold and majestic, and his eyes were full of anger.

The emperor's anger is like thunder, which shakes the sky and makes all things 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.

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The news coming back 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 for his crimes, Murong Yanchao "sighed" and raised the flag to surrender "half-heartedly".

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 until the Great Zhou Dynasty is stable, and then free up your hands to deal with him.

Murong Yanchao was frightened in Yanzhou, and while he stepped up his efforts to recruit the Taining Army, he also 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 form a formation at Liuzipo to prevent 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 he was praising his virtues, but when it came to important events, he would pretend to be deaf and mute, bowing his waist and bowing his head as if he was listening respectfully to his 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 would be useless to lose soldiers and generals for the sake of Murong Yanchao, and Murong Yanchao still had 20,000 to 30,000 remaining soldiers under his command who were quite capable, so it would be best if they could be surrendered.

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, and secondly, it was a show of kindness to Murong Yanchao, showing 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, we 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 know the situation in Yanzhou well. 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 officials, 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 until Murong Yanchao raises the 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 cast a flattering and flattering look at Fu Yanqing.

Fu Yanqing just bowed politely and held his hand.

Wang Jun felt a little resentful and disappointed, and 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 despised Murong Yanchao from the bottom of his heart.

It was only because of the great political significance of surrendering this man that I had no choice but to write him a letter and call 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 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 bull's knife to kill a chicken. Murong Yanchao is just a mere Murong Yanchao. How can he be worthy of the King of Huaiyang's personal action?"

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

After the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, Guo Wei issued an order to confer Fu Yanqing the title of King of Huaiyang, transferred him to the capital to serve as Kaifeng Prefect, and rewarded him with the super luxurious mansion of Liu Zhu, the former Kaifeng Prefect.

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, where they moved into the Fu family's new house.

Liu Zhu's family was exterminated by He Hui, and they 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.

The old prince Fu was very correct about his position. Guo Wei gave an order and asked him to relinquish the power of commander and military commander of the feudal town and take up a post in Beijing. He came with his family without saying a word.

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. Prince Fu's role has changed very quickly. He is respectful and respectful.

He kept shouting one after another, without any burden in his heart.

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 his initial test just now, so 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 troops to cause chaos. He also raises the banner of Liu Han and is an enemy of the Zhou Dynasty. I will never forgive him lightly.

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Uncle Guo slapped the armrest of the imperial throne and a gilt dragon head with a fierce palm.

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 quietly appeared 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 solemnly: "Wang Ambassador, do you have something important?"

The ministers looked back and saw that the person who appeared at the door of the hall was Wang Lingwen, the military envoy.

In an instant, several important ministers frowned in unison, and 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, and he had military power and sacred scrolls in his body. This was a very satisfying person.

Wang Yin had just taken in two concubines last night. They were the beauties Liu Chengyou selected from the people to bring into the palace. Before they could be 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 he might not be able to stand on his weak legs.

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, guarding, 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 mansion, several events that affected the general situation of the world, Wude Si played a crucial role.

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

Judging from their resumes, 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.

When the Zhou Dynasty was established, Wang Lingwen, who served as the governor of Anzhou, came to the capital for an audience immediately. Guo Wei was overjoyed, and the two held candlelight talks at night. The next day, Guo Wei issued an order to confer Wang Lingwen as a military envoy. He could enter and leave the palace at will, and he did not need to notify the emperor to see him.

Wang Lingwen walked quickly to the palace, saluted and said: "I'm going to report to the official family. I have a report on the affairs in the south!"

Wang Lingwen's voice was flat 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 and 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?"

All the ministers chuckled.

Wang Lingwen smiled, took out a memorial with no words on the cover, and held it above his head.

"Send it up." Guo Wei said.
To be continued...