Chapter 524 Liu Zhiyuan: It turns out that I still bring loyal ministers!
Hedong, Taiyuan.
Liu Zhiyuan was really angry. With a clang, he threw the big bowl filled with cheese to the ground.
"Arrogant! When will it be his turn for a Hexi child to dictate China's affairs?
A certain family has followed Emperor Wu in his military expeditions in the north and south since he was a child. In the past thirty years, how many meritorious services have he made for the country? How many traitors have been eradicated? He doesn't even dare to call himself the emperor. Where does he have the face?
He also ordered a certain family to regain the land in Hebei, huh! Since the later dynasty, the emperor has only left the land east of Hebei and in the north. He is a Tibetan thief from Hexi, how can he be the emperor?"
Seeing Liu Zhiyuan, who had always been calm and dignified and always paid attention to his own image, losing his composure, Su Fengji quickly winked at the servants around him.
After they went down, Su Fengji began to persuade him: "Your Majesty, please do not get angry. In my opinion, Zhang Zhao claims to be the emperor of Zhou, which is exactly the way to die."
Huh? Liu Zhiyuan was in a very gloomy mood, because Zhang Zhao's move hit him seven inches.
Liu Zhiyuan, who had not taken a clear-cut stand against the Khitan before, was transformed from one of the heroes qualified to compete to a subordinate.
Now when he heard what Su Fengji said, Liu Zhiyuan immediately became interested. He took a deep breath, adjusted his mentality, then sat down again, and called the waiter to come over and clean up the cheese on the floor.
"Why did Dalang say that? What's the reason?"
Su Fengji smiled faintly, took out the edict that Zhang Zhao sent to all states and counties in the world, asking him to discuss "Suppressing oneself and restoring rites as benevolence", and said to Liu Zhiyuan.
"My servant said that Zhang Zhao brought his own death, that's why. In today's world, only those who wear heavy armor, drive fierce horses, and can kill the enemy with bare swords are the pillars of the country.
However, Zhang Zhao wanted to deny himself and restore the rites, and still claim to be the emperor of Zhou. What he wanted was just to restore the rites of Zhou, but in fact he wanted to put a yoke on the warriors of the world and restrain them with the rules of etiquette and law.
I dare to ask your Majesty, if you want to take over the sword handles from the hands of the world's warriors before you have a firm foothold, the emperor Zhuangmiao couldn't do it in the past. Zhang Zhao is not Daibei Wuxun. Is this a way to die?"
Liu Zhiyuan pondered for a moment and slowly shook his head, "Although what Dalang said is reasonable, it is precisely because Zhang Zhao was not born in Daibei Wuxun, so he started doing things without many worries and constraints.
And with tens of thousands of Hexi elite cavalry under his command to rely on, even if we want to reduce the power of the world's warriors, it may not be impossible."
Su Fengji smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you think too highly of the Hexi Army. Can they be more loyal than the Daibei Army who followed Emperor Zhuangmiao to defeat the Khitans, destroy Jie Yan, and enter Bianliang?"
In the past, Emperor Zhuangmiao was the god of the military men. In the end, he died and established a religious sect. I am afraid that in time, Zhang Zhao will be escorted by the Thirteenth Loyalty at the Suzaku Gate in Tokyo."
That’s right! Liu Zhiyuan couldn’t help but nodded.
As the most typical military leader of the Five Dynasties, Liu Zhiyuan has a clear understanding of the style and strength of the Five Dynasties warriors represented by Ya Jiang and Ya Bing.
Moreover, Liu Zhiyuan was one of the rebel generals who opposed Li Cunxu's use of servants and actors to seize military power.
He had personally experienced how Zhuangmiao, who was worshiped as an immortal by warriors all over the world, died without a burial place.
"What Dalang said is reasonable. Zhang Zhao's son led the Hexi army and entered the Central Plains. Although he was quite docile in Hexi.
But once those warriors on the frontier get a taste of the superiority of the Central Plains warriors, they will never obey orders like they do now."
As he said that, Liu Zhiyuan sighed with emotion, "In that case, I will bear with this for the time being and accept the edict to see how Zhang Zhao's son will die without a burial place in the future."
When Su Fengji heard this, he waved his hands repeatedly, "Your Majesty, you must never accept this edict. Once you accept it, you will become a real minister.
Today Zhang Zhao can order the king to go eastward to recover the states in Hebei, and the next day he can order the king to move the town.
In this way, I'm afraid we won't be able to support ourselves until there is unrest in Tokyo."
Liu Zhiyuan frowned, "If we don't accept the imperial edict, we will have no choice but to raise our troops and stand on our own. If we stand on our own now, won't we give Hexi children an excuse?
When the time comes, he will use the attack on our Hedong Town as a temptation to reunite the soldiers, and we will be in danger."
Although he looked like a kid from Hexi, in his heart Liu Zhiyuan was still very afraid of Zhang Zhao's 50,000 Hexi army.
Are you kidding me? Being able to kill an army of 60,000 Khitan head-on and kill the army of the Khitan Lord at the height of his power would not make people frightened?
Su Fengji looked at Liu Zhiyuan strangely, "Why would the king say the word self-reliance? Because the king does not need to be self-reliant at all!
In the past, when the Khitan Lord entered the Central Plains, the only kings in the world, Hu Ci Le and Jiao Jixun, did not go to Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo to worship, so the king was still a minister of the Jin Dynasty!
Although Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo was captured, the Emperor of Jin Dynasty was still there.
The king is a loyal minister of the Jin State. Isn't it natural for him to lead his army to recover the land of Hebei of the Jin State?
If Zhang Zhao sends an envoy, let him welcome back the Lord of Jin. If the Lord of Jin is willing to surrender, then we will surrender. If we cannot welcome the Lord of Jin back, we will be the only loyal loyalists of the Jin Dynasty!"
Liu Zhiyuan was embarrassed for a few seconds. Poor Shi Chonggui had just arrived at Huanglong Mansion and was taking Empress Dowager Li and Empress Feng to start farming for a living when everyone regarded him as dead.
But after a few seconds of embarrassment, Liu Zhiyuan put his hands on his hands and laughed, "Dalang is really my son-in-law!"
Yes! A certain Liu Zhiyuan was a loyal minister of the Jin Dynasty, a very loyal minister.
Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo and Henan are both the territory of the Jin Dynasty. Zhang Zhao was just invited by the emperor of the Jin Dynasty to help in the war. How dare he occupy the magpie's nest and become emperor on his own?"
Su Fengji also smiled proudly. This was a clever trick he finally remembered to reverse Hedong's unjust situation.
The leader of the Jin Dynasty, Shi Chonggui, was kidnapped, not dead. As a loyal minister, the Prince of Beiping did not rely on Zhang Zhao and vowed to welcome back the emperor of the Jin Dynasty. This is a great loyal minister who shocked the past and the present! He has a righteous reputation, then
It's tight without pinching.
"Sir! I'm so happy! I'm so happy!" At this moment, Liu Chengxun, Liu Zhiyuan's son, ran over with joy without letting the chamberlain inform him.
Liu Chengxun, who is twenty-three years old this year, is different from Liu Zhiyuan, who is a charcoal. He has perfectly inherited the advantages of his mother Li Sanniang's appearance, beauty, and gentle nature, and is very popular with Liu Zhiyuan.
At this moment, Liu Zhiyuan saw Liu Chengxun running in so ecstatically, and hurried over and asked: "My son is so happy, it must be good news coming from Mengzhou."
Liu Chengxun nodded sharply, "Commander Guo sent someone to report, and he happened to be met by Hao'er outside the office. The visitor said that Commander Guo rode alone into the Liao camp to persuade him to surrender. Liao General Gao Song was willing to surrender to us with six thousand cavalry.
Hedong.”
"Hahahaha!" Liu Zhiyuan looked up to the sky and laughed again. Gao Song was a famous general of the Liao Kingdom, and his thousands of people were also elite cavalry of the Liao Kingdom. With their support, his strength greatly increased.
Thinking of this, Liu Zhiyuan waved his hand, "As soon as Gao Song arrives, you can ask him to persuade the Khitan garrison of Yunzhou to surrender. First, let a certain family achieve the great success of recovering Yanyun, and then divide 20,000 troops to capture the Hebei states to build up strength."
Su Fengji took the opportunity to interject and said: "I believe that as long as the king raises the flag, the military ministers from Daibei and Hedong in the world will definitely come to vote one after another."
Hearing what Su Fengji said, Liu Zhiyuan's laughter became even louder.
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Just when Liu Zhiyuan was about to learn from Zhang Zhao and pretend to be a loyal minister, Zhang Zhao was indeed facing a more difficult matter.
That is how to reward the soldiers after entering Kaifeng City in Tokyo.
Although the Yong State, which had just been renamed the Zhou State, had its own complete military merit system for military officers.
But this was a great achievement in destroying the country! There was also a great achievement in persuading people to advance, so how could they not be rewarded with extra wealth?
Compared with the Central Plains Ya soldiers at this time, this Yongliang army is indeed much better in discipline and has certain ideals, but it is still a feudal army. It risks death in battle to fight as a soldier. What it wants is
Wealth and official position.
However, the people of Tokyo and even the people of the entire Central Plains have long been reduced to poverty by the Khitan people. Unless they are forced to death, they may not be able to squeeze out much profit.
Moreover, Zhang Zhao couldn't do that. If he really did it, how would he be different from the Khitan people? I'm afraid Liu Zhiyuan would laugh out of his dreams.
In order to gather people's hearts and restore the economy, not only could he not squeeze them, he even had to provide relief to the people of Tokyo.
Zhang Zhao originally hoped that the supplies confiscated from the Khitan people would be able to help, but after doing statistics, he found out that the Khitan people still had some grain, armor, and weapons left behind, but the goods were not much.
Among them are some that the Khitan people hid randomly but could not find, some that were burned during the war, some that the Khitan people discarded and could not collect back, and some that were secretly hidden by Yongliang soldiers and generals.
The law does not punish the public! Even in the early Republic of China, it was not uncommon for the army to hide trophies privately, let alone the army at this time.
There is no way Zhang Zhao can take all the blame. He can only kill those who are really large in number to scare the monkeys.
However, after this, it was not enough to just rely on the confiscated Khitan trophies, let alone appease the people in Tokyo and even the Henan states, and to issue rewards to our own troops.
Just when Zhang Zhao had a headache, suddenly, the long bells of Daxiangguo Temple came from outside.
The great monks have been both happy and a little worried recently.
I am happy that those damn Khitans were finally driven away, but I am worried that it was Zhang Zhao who drove away the Khitans.
Zhang Zhao, on the other hand, carries Buddhist titles such as Wheel-turning Dharma King and Supreme Merciful Dharma King. Behind him is Hexi Buddhism whose teachings are very different from theirs.
Now that the world is ruled by the Zhou Kingdom, who knows whether Emperor Zhang Zhou, who holds a sword in his hand, will abide by the previous tacit agreement? Will he establish a Buddhist sect in Hexi in the Central Plains?
As for the fact that they accepted the Khitan's blackmail and exchanged the Khitan's Daliao silver notes for 500,000 yuan, the masters did not take it seriously at all.
However, Zhang Zhao, who had already moved into Daning Palace, stood on tiptoes. He looked at the faint Daxiangguo Temple in the distance, as if he were looking at a huge shining gold ingot.
These monks are not ordinary rich!
Although it is impossible for Zhang Zhao to blackmail Zhu Lanruo like Yelv Deguang did, Zhang Zhao has his own clever plan.
You dare to accept the Khitan people's banknotes, right? I'm afraid you don't know what a run is? What is disrupting the financial market?
"Cheng'er, go to Feng Yu's Mansion and send an order to him to find out for me all the craftsmen who originally painted and printed the Liao's banknotes." Zhang Zhao immediately ordered Zhang Liecheng.
Emperor Zhang couldn't help but laugh out loud. You dare to accept the Khitan's banknotes, right? I'll make a million copies and see if you can accept them!
If the answer is accepted, another million will be printed. If the answer is not accepted, then your credibility will be ruined and you are waiting to be manipulated!
At this moment, Concubine Wang Shu, who was busy helping Zhang Zhao settle down the harem, passed by Zhang Zhao shyly. After greeting him, she looked at Zhang Zhao's greedy and thieving eyes strangely.
"What are you looking at, Your Majesty? That seems to be the Daxiangguo Temple over there."
"Haha!" Zhang Zhao was in a good mood. He turned around and hugged Hua Jianxian. In order to show that he shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, he had been a vegetarian for several months. Today he just happened to play poker with the beauty.
Hua Jiansha felt as if she was soaring in the clouds, and the next second she was roughly carried on Zhang Zhao's shoulders.
Although she had been prepared for it, she still couldn't accept it in broad daylight.
Hanami twisted her limp body on Zhang Zhao's shoulders in shame, moaning softly as if she was crying.
"Your Majesty, please do not engage in prostitution during the day! Your Majesty, please do not engage in prostitution during the day!"
Zhang Zhao slapped her plump breasts hard, and it felt so good that he almost dug his fingers into it.
"Close the door and draw the curtains. Then it's evening!"