Chapter 424 Relatives are the hardest to deal with
Shazhou, Dunhuang, ever since Zhang Zhao took away the shrines of Zhang Yichao and Zhang Yitan, Zhang Yichao’s brother, and placed them in the Liangzhou ancestral temple, the family temple of the Zhang family in Shazhou became simply the Dragon Tongue.
Zhang's ancestral hall.
The people of Dragon Tongue Zhang family are actually very disappointed and somewhat complaining in their hearts.
Because in their view, although Zhang Zhao Jianguo and his team’s contributions were limited, they were still members of the same family!
Not to mention giving a clan status, at least some positions should be arranged, right?
Moreover, they felt that the reason why the descendants of the Long Tongue Zhang family did not appear as characters and did not make great contributions when Zhang Zhao founded the country was because Zhang Zhao did not give them this opportunity.
Therefore, a somewhat strange sight is that in Dunhuang, the people who complained the most about Zhang Zhao were the Zhang family of Dragon Tongue themselves and certain Cao family members headed by Cao Yuanshen. These should have been the closest people to Zhang Zhao.
The rest, such as the Suo, Li, Luo, Song, Yin and other families, honestly sent their descendants to serve Zhang Zhao.
Generally speaking, they did not get involved in the grievance rallies of Cao Yuanshen, Zhang Anxin and others.
In fact, not only did these families not participate, but Zhang Zhao's great-uncle Zhang Huaiqing, the only descendant of the Zhang family, also avoided them.
But Zhang Huaiqing was still a little unhappy.
The dukedom of Nanyang County that Zhang Zhao had promised was fulfilled, but he became independent again, which made Zhang Huaiqing's son Zhang Chengfu, the Duke of Nanyang County canonized by the Jin State, very embarrassed.
Moreover, after Zhang Zhao founded the country, except for Cao Yuanzhong who received the title of Marquis of Ziting, there were no large-scale nobility.
He, Zhang Huaiqing, had nothing but the empty post of deputy envoy of the regiment training of Hexi Province, and could only take charge of the unity archers of Xincheng County.
"It's coming! It's coming!" Zhang Huaiqing was old and wanted to take a rest, but he heard Zhang Huaishen's son Zhang Chengfu being adopted outside shouting and screaming.
"What's coming? What's coming? Can you keep it steady? But Erlang Ori is here?"
Zhang Huaiqing gave Zhang Chengfu a hard look. He suddenly understood why Zhang Zhao didn't use people like the Dragon Tongue Zhang family.
This is probably because the birth of uncle Zhang Yichao, brother Zhang Huaishen and grandnephew Zhang Zhao in the Zhang family has used up all the luck of the Zhang family. What kind of crooked melons and jujubes are there in the future generations?
This talisman is already the most capable among his sons, but he is not even good enough to be a county magistrate.
He was in his thirties and always panicked when something happened. The king obviously arranged for Zhe Erlang from Yong'an Military Office to marry his daughter, but Zhang Chengfu made him as nervous as if he was going to marry the Zhe family's daughter.
"Uncle, it's not Erlang of the Zhe family who has arrived." As he spoke, Zhang Chengfu slapped his forehead and shook his head violently as if he had said something wrong.
"Erlang Oriji has arrived, but the king has also come with him."
"The king is here too?" Zhang Huaiqing stood up abruptly, a few drops of sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead.
Zhang Zhao came so suddenly, so he definitely wasn't here to attend the banquet where he was marrying his granddaughter. He, Zhang Huaiqing, and his son Zhang Chengfu didn't have such a big reputation.
This must be to deal with Cao Yuanshen and Zhang Anxin.
Thinking of this, Zhang Huaiqing stood up and asked someone to report the news to Cao Yuanshen, especially to Zhang Anxin and the others. However, before he could say anything, he sighed and sat down slumped.
The relationship between Cao Yuanshen and Zhang Zhao is much closer than that between him and Zhang Zhao.
People like Cao Yanjing, Cao Yanlu, and Yin Yaozi didn't notify Cao Yuanshen, so why did Zhang Huaiqing take the risk?
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Although the town armies stationed in Dunhuang and nearby counties were affiliated with Hanhai Town, they were not actually managed by Hanhai Town's commander-in-chief Yin Yaozi, but were divided between Cao Yanlu and Murong Guiying.
Cao Yanlu was in charge of the Sixth Battalion as the governor of Yinzhou and the envoy of Dunhuang Town.
The soldiers of this battalion are the original town troops and tooth soldiers of Cao's Guiyi Army.
Zhang Zhao selected the most elite among them and eliminated some of them. The remaining few thousand people became the fifth battalion of Hanhai Town.
Murong Guiying, the transfer envoy of Hexi Road and the governor of Shazhou, and the grandfather of Murong Nobunaga, had only one of the 300 men in the seventh battalion under his control in Shazhou, and the rest were in Guazhou.
This seventh battalion of more than a thousand people was the personal armed force of Murong Guiying, the governor of Guazhou, who was originally the number two figure in Cao's Guiyi Army.
Murong Guiying asked Murong Nobunaga to take away more than 200 of the bravest people, and then sacrificed the rest.
Zhang Zhao was also happy to show his generosity and simply appointed Murong Nobunaga's fourth uncle as the commander, continuing to control hundreds of people in the seventh battalion.
When Zhang Zhao returned to Dunhuang this time, he brought 7,000 people with him. These 7,000 people would serve as the vanguard of the war against the Gaochang Uighurs.
They are all cavalry, and the main force is the three thousand cavalry of the Yulin Guards on the left and right.
Although Murong Nobunaga, the commander of Zuoyu Linwei, went to Tokyo, his subordinates Wu Guoer, Zhang Xibao, Yue Saonu and others did not leave.
Without Murong Nobunaga, Zhang Zhao could directly lead the army himself and be able to give orders like an arm.
Dunhuang City is in sight, and the procession of Zhe Deyuan's bride-to-be is slowly moving forward, playing and playing.
Due to the distance from Taiyuan, the capital city, the wedding will be held directly in Liangzhou, hosted by Zhang Zhao himself.
And with this wedding, Zhe Deyuan's father Zhe Congyuan, brother Zhe Deyi, and Linzhou governor Yang Hongxin will also rush to Liangzhou.
This was what Zhang Zhao had planned when he proposed to marry his cousin to Zhe Deyuan.
The Zhe family and the Yang family were forced to join Luotuoyan as a last resort. This time they were asked to bring dozens of powerful chiefs from the two prefectures of Fulin.
Let them see the power of Liang Kingdom and the wealth of Liangzhou, and then give them some BMWs, salt, sugar, tea, etc., with a combination of kindness and power, so that they can be completely conquered.
However, Zhang Zhao did not enter the city with the wedding team, but directly led the Zuoyu Lin Guards with 1,500 elite cavalry, bypassing the east gate and entering the city from the north gate of Dunhuang.
Cao Yanlu and Murong Guiying, who had received the news early, had been waiting at the north gate with more than a hundred elite soldiers from the 6th and 7th battalions and generals above the rank of captain, as well as civil and military officers from Dunhuang.
Zhang Zhao jumped off his horse and helped the two men up.
Zhang Zhao was actually very grateful to Murong Guiying. This old man was very sensible. Not only did he marry his eldest daughter-in-law to Zhang Zhao without any complaints, he also married his only successful eldest grandson.
Zhang Zhao didn't say much, he just held Murong Guiying's hand.
"I'm afraid it won't be long before I have to trouble Shifu to leave Shazhou for a while. Yanlu is still young. He can't support such a big scene. Shifu has to be in charge."
Shifu means uncle. Based on the relationship between Zhang Zhao and Murong Guiying, and because he is older than Zhang Zhao's father Zhang Chengfeng, it is appropriate to call him Shifu.
Murong Guiying laughed. She did not suspect at all that Zhang Zhao was going to move him up and down, transfer him out of his lair or something, but she immediately guessed what Zhang Zhao was going to do.
"Is your Majesty ready to completely destroy the rebels of the Pugu family in Gaochang?"
The older generation of Guiyi Army, no! Even the new generation of Guiyi Army have always viewed the Gaochang Uighur Pugu family as traitors.
Who said that Pu Gujun, the founder of Gaochang Uighurs, was once a subordinate of Zhang Zhao's great-grandfather Zhang Yichao.
Zhang Zhao nodded, "If Jie Lipijia is wise, he can go to Liangzhou and become a rich man.
But in my opinion, he may not have as much 'wisdom' and endurance as Empress Liu, so Gaochang still has to let Shifu take charge."
Originally, the most suitable person to take charge of Gaochang was Bai Congxin. He was from the Qiuchi people, especially known as the Uighurs. He was also one of Zhang Zhao's many cavalrymen and could handle various situations.
But after annexing the Gaochang Uighurs, they will soon have to fight for control of the Central Plains, and Bai Congxin will help King Zhang conquer the world in 996.
Zhang Xichong can actually do it, but Zhang Zuoxiang's biggest wish is to be a famous prime minister like Fang Mou Duduo in the central government.
Historically, the Lingwu Army was not very willing to go. When it came to Zhang Zhao, it was not easy for him to force Zhang Xichong to go to Gaochang Uighurs, which was even more remote than Lingwu.
So I made a lot of choices, and only Murong Guiying was suitable. The old man was in good health, so I guess it wouldn't be a big problem after about five years of working.
He has been in charge of Guazhou for 20 years and is still capable. When he was in charge of Guazhou, he still raised thousands of private armed forces. He also knew military matters and Zhang Zhao was relieved.
Zhang Zhao planned to establish the Beiting Road after annexing the Gaochang Uighurs, with Murong Guiying as the ambassador and Cao Yanlu as the training envoy of the Taoist regiment and the governor of Yinzhou.
Then he dispatched 2,000 cavalry from the Six Divisions of Shanzhou guarded by Yin Yaozi to garrison in Gaochang, and 1,000 cavalry from Xia Suidao's party to garrison in Beiting City. Once the situation was stabilized, it was time to turn around and take care of things in the east.
Everyone had a tacit understanding and did not ask Zhang Zhao why he entered through the north gate, and Zhang Zhao was not in a hurry.
It was only after he finished chatting with Murong Guiying and Cao Yanlu that Zhang Zhao waved his hand and signaled the envoy in brocade clothes behind him to arrest the person.
"According to the list, invite everyone to Qingyuan Palace for me. Be careful to be polite and don't use violence if you don't resist with weapons. Liulang, go to Yuanshen Gong's mansion in person and invite him over."
Originally, Zhang Zhao's main intention was to use this group of old men from Dunhuang to paralyze Yelu Deguang.
But upon contact, I realized that the Khitan was not that strong, and was still moving its center of gravity southward.
Probably because he wanted to deal with the Central Plains first, and then deal with Zhang Zhao.
In this case, there would be no need to keep these elders of the Zhang family and Cao family making noise, and they would all be fished out at this time, and the incriminating evidence would be completely collected.
They were not moved before because Zhang Zhao lacked the energy and because Dunhuang was the first line of defense against the Gaochang Uighurs.
The chaos is getting bigger, and it would be troublesome if the Uighurs got involved, but now they no longer have this worry.