Chapter 17 The Big Picture
Maybe when people get old, they have a little bit of chatter.
Feng Dao was also very ruthless, and he was surging with Ye Hua. The Yellow River water came from the sky. The story of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms still starts from the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
The Anshi Rebellion ended the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The following history was completely regret and chaos, which made people unable to bear to see and hear. First, separatist vassals appeared, and then the court broke out in the Niu Li party struggle for decades. Then, the eunuchs were dictatorial, deposed and established the emperor, and were honored and supreme, and could not even save their lives. They were held in their hands by pickled eunuchs and fiddled with them at will. If Li Erquan knew about it, they would definitely be so angry that they would climb out of the grave and strangle their unworthy descendants to death.
This is not the end. Until the end of the Tang Dynasty, various contradictions accumulated irreconcilable, and the Huang Chao Uprising that swept the world finally broke out.
Faced with the surging peasant army, the Tang Empire was empty and powerless and could not resist it. In desperation, no matter who was, it was used as a weapon.
In the process of suppressing the Huang Chao Uprising, two forces rose up.
One of them was the Zhu Wen group. Zhu Wen was originally a general of Huang Chao. Later, he surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and attacked his former comrades. With military merits, he gradually climbed to the high position of King Liang.
Zhu Wen held great power, replaced the Tang Dynasty, ascended the throne and became emperor, and established the Liang Dynasty, which was known in history as Later Liang.
At this point, everything is normal. If Zhu Wenxiong had a brilliant mind and could work hard to unify the world, there would be no troublesome times of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
But Zhu Wen was born into a rampant family and did not change his bad habits after becoming an emperor. He became more aggressive and liked to bet and lustful, and even did not let his daughter-in-law go. As a result, he was angry and resentful, and died tragically at the hands of his son. Before the Zhu Wen group could complete the great cause of unification of the world, he fell into internal friction and killing. The father and son turned against each other, and the king and his ministers were disunited, and they completely fell into decline.
At this moment, the Hedong Group, which also started with the suppression of Huang Chao, became stronger and stronger.
The founder of Hedong Group is Li Keyong.
He was a Shatuo native, brave and good at fighting. He recovered Chang'an from Huang Chao and was named the governor of Hedong. He became a powerful faction who was shoulder to shoulder with Zhu Wen.
After Zhu Wen replaced the Tang Dynasty and became emperor, Li Keyong still dissatisfied with Zhu Wen and continued to respect the Tang Dynasty's reign, fighting with Zhu Wen's group to death.
Li Keyong had an amazing son. Thanks to the "Preface to the Biography of the Actor", many people should know that Emperor Zhuang of Tang Li Cunxu. After he inherited Li Keyong's position, he worked hard to conquer and destroy the Later Liang Dynasty, ascend the throne and become emperor. His country's name is still Tang, and it is known in history as Later Tang!
Starting from the Later Tang Dynasty, the following Later Jin and Later Han dynasties were all established by Shatuo people.
Guo Wei also came from the Hedong Group, but he was different from the founders of the previous three dynasties. He was a real Han Chinese. Generally speaking, the history of the Five Dynasties was divided into two sections, with the first being the battle between Liang and Jin, and the subsequently the struggle within the Hedong Group.
Feng Dao's decades of official career happen to be exactly the same as the Five Dynasties. He can see it clearly and clearly than anyone else!
"I have served many emperors. When it comes to talent and strategy, Emperor Zhuang of Tang, Li Cunxu, should be the first."
Ye Hua did not argue with Lao Feng, but sighed: "Zhuang Zong commanded thousands of troops and horses to rush in front of the formation, and was invincible. But he could conquer the world, but could not defend the world. He favored actors and killed meritorious officials indiscriminately, resulting in mutiny, killing people, laughing at the world! Misfortunes often accumulate in slight slightness, and wisdom and courage are often trapped in their drowning. Isn't it just an actor?"
Ye Hua read out the article of Master Ouyang Xiu. Feng Dao heard it in his ears, grabbed his beard and smiled indifferently, "The words are very good, but the one who said this must be a sour scholar!"
That’s right, Old Ouyang is indeed a sour scholar! I have to admire Feng Dao’s eyes, Old Feng Dao smiled slightly, “Zhuang Zong did not understand the difficulty of defending the world, but no one could use it! He did not kill the heroes indiscriminately, but had to kill them!”
Listening to the story of the witnesses, of course it is more real than reading history books... Ye Hua kept thinking, and finally realized that Li Cunxu did have his own difficulties.
To conquer the world, you can rely on Shatuo generals, but to govern the world, you must value civil servants. Is there any internal affairs talent among Shatuo people? Can you govern the country?
Obviously, if Li Cunxu wants to become bigger and stronger, he must use Han bureaucrats and give civil servants power. But the problem is that Li Cunxu relied on the support of general Shatuo to hold the throne and delegate power to Han officials. Can these elders agree?
In fact, Li Cunxu died in a mutiny, and all his close ministers fled, with only a dozen people resisting, and they were disloyal and betrayal of their relatives, which shows that!
Li Cunxu was the most talented and most prestigious among Emperor Shatuo. He could not even betray the Shatuo generals and valued the Han civil servants. The Later Jin and Later Han were just a continuation of the Later Tang Dynasty and repeating the same mistakes. It was simply not worth mentioning.
"If you want to end the troubled times, you must pay equal attention to civil and military affairs, recuperate and restore the people's strength, and be able to let go and use civil officials and promote Han officials, you must be the Han emperor. Therefore, Guo Shujin went to Kaifeng, and I said that peace was expected. Perhaps I could live to see the world unification!"
Feng Dao seemed enthusiastic, "But I am still a little worried. The so-called centipede insects die without being stiff. The Shatuo people have been deeply rooted and have strong power after three dynasties. Many of them are still the governors, the commander, the Du Yuhou, holding military power, and the hawks and wolves. If they cannot properly appease them, they will inevitably be difficult to deal with when they rebel together!"
After hearing Feng Dao's reason, Ye Hua immediately stood up and bowed deeply to the old teacher.
This time he really admired Feng Dao from the bottom of his heart. It has to be said that the old fox has a unique vision. The Later Tang replaced the Later Liang Dynasty, Shatuo replaced the Han people, and Guo Wei replaced the Later Han people, and the Han people regained power.
Of course, this process must be cautious and cautious, otherwise it will turn into a comprehensive conflict between Shatuo and the Han people, and it will not end.
"The people in the world are too miserable. If you can kill one less, you will lose one less. After a thousand years, if you keep your name in history, Feng Dao will definitely be a shameless villain and a shameless person. I don't care about the reputation behind me, but I want to be ashamed. If my friend can tell Mr. Guo the advice for me, I will be grateful!"
Ye Hua took a deep breath. He was now in a mess. Is the sympathetic guy in front of him still the shameless Feng Dao?
No matter what, Lao Feng’s suggestion really makes sense.
Ye Hua thought about it and finally stuffed his hand into his arms.
"Master Feng, I am just a minor official, so I can only send my handbook, but I can't guarantee whether Guard Guo can read it or not..." Ye Hua was just talking, and suddenly someone coughed behind him, "I can read it!"
Ye Hua and Feng Dao were both startled. The two of them looked at each other and found that the person coming was Guo Wei!
If Guo Wei entered Kaifeng, there were so many things and so many things that even Feng Dao could not see him. How could Guo Wei have time to come to Ye’s Mansion?
I have to say that, I have to thank Xiao Guo!
The little guy was rescued, and Guo Wei specially arranged eight maids and eight mothers to serve him, for fear that the child would make any mistakes. But Xiao Guo didn't buy his father's account at all, cried every day, didn't sleep, or drank milk. He lost weight in a few days. Guo Wei was busy and had to come to see his son.
After the imperial physician's diagnosis and treatment, they believed that the child should be recognizing his child and was not used to the new mother and maid. In addition, there were so many people who died in the Guo family, which was resentful and was not good for the child.
When Guo Wei heard this, he agreed.
If you want to find an acquaintance to take care of, who is the most familiar with Xiao Guo?
No need to ask, it must be Ye!
In such a dangerous situation, the old lady took care of him for a long time, and the little guy became fat. Besides Ye, who else can take care of Xiao Guo?
What's more coincidental is that the Ye family's house is next to the Guo family and sending his son is very convenient. Guo Wei has no reliable relatives anymore. Ye is the person he trusts and thanks most.
Look, Guo Wei brought the child over and happened to meet Feng Dao and Ye Hua talking. After listening for a while, he remembered everything Feng Dao said in his heart.
Guo Wei looked excited and he walked over.
Chapter completed!