It turned out that Gao Jixing had passed away, and his son Gao Congjie succeeded him as the military governor of Jingnan. After Gao Congjie succeeded to the throne, he abandoned Gao Jixing's practice of professing vassalage to the state of Wu, and instead continued to submit to the Later Tang Dynasty. At the same time, he took the initiative to release Li Tinggui and sent him to the State of Wu.

The Chu State showed good intentions. Ma Yin did not care about himself and gave up his plan to attack Jingnan.

Besides, after Li Siyuan came to the throne, he abolished all bad governance and re-appointed hundreds of officials. The new prime minister, Ren Wan, assisted him wholeheartedly. The outline of the court gradually recovered, and the army and the people gradually settled down. Guo Congqian and Li Siyuan were directly ordered to follow the murderer.

He was very afraid. Therefore, he was appointed as the governor of Jingzhou and relieved of Guo Congqian's military power. Later, Guo Congqian, who had no soldiers in his hands, was executed for regicide and his tribe was exterminated.

Then Li Siyuan issued an edict to control the leader of the chaos. Wei Bo's Jiedushi envoy Zhao Zaili appointed Yicheng as Jiedushi. However, Zhao Zaili openly disobeyed the order and finally forced Li Siyuan to revoke the edict. Zhao Zaili was afraid of offending Li Siyuan, so he secretly submitted a letter saying that Huangfu Hui and Zhao Jin were both

Li Siyuan disagreed. So Li Siyuan promoted Huangfu Hui to the governor of Chenzhou, promoted Zhao Jin to the governor of Beizhou, and transferred Zhao Zaili to Cangzhou as a military envoy.

Li Siyuan didn't read much, so he sent the reports from all directions to his confidants, General Zuo Lingwei, Privy Envoy, and Zhongshu Ling An Chongjie read aloud to them. However, An Chongjie also had limited writing and could not fully understand the meaning. Therefore, he sent the report

Li Siyuan asked Li Siyuan to select scribes to provide for him. Li Siyuan ordered Hanlin scholars Feng Dao and Zhao Feng to serve as bachelors of Duanming Palace. Since Li Siyuan had someone to serve as an attendant, he asked An Chong to teach and lead Shannan East Road Jiedushi. An Zhong

Hui Que reported to Xiangyang that Xiangyang was an important place and could not be without a commander, and it was inconvenient for him to take charge of both. Li Siyuan then withdrew his orders, but An Zhongjiu relied on his high achievements and used power to act arbitrarily.

Besides, the Khitan's Abaoji never dared to invade the south since the defeat of Shahe. Therefore, Abaoji adopted the strategy of fighting south and east, attacking the Bohai Kingdom and attacking Fuyu City. At this time, the Tang court sent envoy Yao Kun to the Khitan

Announced the news of the new master's succession. Abaoji was still in the Eastern Expedition and had not returned. Therefore, Fan Guan took Yao Kun eastward to meet Abaoji. Yao Kun entered the tent, but saw Abaoji wearing a brocade robe, and told his wife

Lu Ping sat facing each other.

After Yao Kun saluted, Abaoji asked: "I heard that you have an emperor in Henan and Hebei. Is it true?" Yao Kun replied: "Because of the rebellion in Weizhou, the emperor ordered the general to go and conquer it. Unfortunately, something happened in Luoyang.

, the emperor died unexpectedly. General Manager Li led his troops back to the capital and put down the rebellion. General Manager Li was elected by everyone and has been on the throne for many days."

After hearing this, Abaoji stood up and cried to the sky, saying: "The King of Jin and I became brothers. The Emperor of Henan is my brother's eldest son. Is it true that he died because of the rebellion? I heard about the chaos in the Central Plains, and I was about to lead

Fifty thousand armored cavalry went to help my son. It was only delayed because the Bohai Kingdom had not been completely wiped out, but my son actually passed away!" After he finished speaking, he cried again. When he finished crying, he said again: "Even if my son is dead,

I should also discuss with my elders who will inherit the family property he left behind, how can Mr. Li become the emperor on his own!"

Yao Kun said sternly: "My emperor has commanded the army for twenty years, and he has reached the position of general manager. He has 300,000 elite soldiers under his command, and he is deeply disappointed by the public. At that time, everyone was united and supported the general manager as the emperor. If he did not obey the crowd's will, great disaster would be imminent.

!So it’s not that we don’t want to inform, it’s because the people’s will cannot be violated!”

Yelvbei, who was beside Abaoji, asked: "Is it appropriate to take away someone else's cattle just because they trampled on your field?" Yao Kun said calmly: "Isn't it appropriate to follow the path of Tian and others?

Can you compare it to a trivial matter? Just like when Khan Dejin of your country passed away, the emperor's surname was not Harunan, and he was not a relative of the old Khan, but he inherited the position of Khan. Isn't it because of the providence of God and the blessing of all the people?

Do you support me?" This sentence hit Abaoji's weakness.

Abaoji was stunned for a while, then his face changed, and he turned to say: "Yes, that makes sense. My son suffered this disaster because of himself. I heard that he had two thousand palace maids and one thousand music officials. He flew eagles all day long.

You are a running dog, addicted to wine and sex, not caring about the suffering of the people, and using villains. Although my son and I are family friends, our relationship is not that good. We have fought many wars with each other. However, your new emperor and I have no enmity. You guys

As long as you give me the land north of the Yellow River, I am willing to form an alliance with you forever and never invade the south again!"

Yao Kun refuted: "I am just an envoy, I have no such power!" Abaoji was furious and put Yao Kun in a cell. After Yao Kun was imprisoned for more than ten days, Abaoji met him again,

Said: "After all, the area north of the Yellow River is too big, and it is a bit difficult for you to make such a decision. Let's take a step back, and just give up the three towns of Chengde, Yiwu, and Lulong to me!" After that!

, Abaoji ordered someone to hand Yao Kun paper and pen and asked him to sign.

Yao Kun was very stubborn and vowed not to sign until he died. Abaoji was furious and wanted to kill Yao Kun. After being advised by his ministers, he stopped and imprisoned Yao Kun. While Yao Kun was being detained, Abaoji learned that the Central Plains had not fallen into

The situation was torn apart and chaotic. Abaoji also knew the newly succeeded Li Siyuan quite well and knew that he was a difficult person to deal with. Abaoji had to give up the plan to invade the south and pacify the Bohai Kingdom first.

After Abaoji captured Buyeo City, it was renamed Dongdan Kingdom, leaving his eldest son Yelu Bei to guard it, and he was titled the King of the People. He took his second son Yelu Deguang back to the country, and was titled the Marshal Prince. Unexpectedly, he got sick on the way and died. So by

The queen Shulu Ping returned to the capital to protect the funeral, and Yelvbei also came back to attend the funeral. Shulu

Immediately after peace, he summoned the ministers to discuss who should succeed the throne.

Shuluping always liked her second son, Yelu Deguang, but disliked her eldest son, Yelu Bei. So she ordered her two sons to mount their horses, and they both stood in front of the tent, and said to the ministers: "Both sons are my favorites, so I can't decide."

Who should I choose? I'd better ask you to choose one person. Whoever you want to choose, just step forward and hold the rein of the horse." After saying that, she turned her eyes to Yelu Deguang.

The ministers were always afraid of her female power. Looking at Shuluping's appearance, they had already guessed her thoughts. So they all came to Yelude's light horse and took hold of his reins. Shuluping said with great joy: "Everyone

We have the same aspirations, how can I dare to go against him?" So he made Yelv Deguang the Lord of Khitan. He ordered Yelv Bei to go back to Dongdan, and at the same time released Yao Kun and ordered him to return to his country to report his funeral. Yao Kun returned to Luoyang and reported to Li Siyuan. Li Siyuan

When the envoy came back, he couldn't help but break up with him, so he sent the envoy to ask questions.

Yelu Deguang honored Shulu Ping as the Queen Mother and prepared to send Abaoji to be buried in Konoye Mountain with the temple name Taizu. On the day of the funeral, Shuluping suddenly asked the crying ministers: "You must miss the late emperor very much, right?"

The ministers said in unison: "We have received great kindness from the late emperor, how could we not want to?" Naturally, no one dared to say "don't want to". What the ministers did not expect was that Shu Luping then said: "I think the late emperor must also be below.

I miss you! Why don't you go find the late emperor now, so that you can avoid the pain of missing you."

Immediately, Shu Luping's troops rushed out, captured her chosen subjects, killed them all, and buried them with Abaoji. As many as a hundred relatives and ministers were buried by the empress dowager, as well as the wives and concubines of the ministers.

They were all so frightened that their faces turned pale and they cried bitterly. But Shuluping said: "Don't cry like this. I am a widow now. Shouldn't you follow my example?" The wives of the ministers could not disobey and had to retreat. There were only two of them.

Fortunately, I was able to escape death.

One is Wang Yu, the son of Wang Chuzhi, the former Yiwu Jiedushi. In order to save Zhang Wenli, Wang Chuzhi sent Wang Yu to ask for help from Khitan. As a result, Abaoji came, but was defeated by Li Cunxu. Wang Chuzhi was killed.

His son Wangdu usurped the throne, and Wang Yu and his younger brother Wang Wei stayed in Khitan from then on. He was a subordinate of Yelvbei, so naturally he was not a close associate of Shuluping. When it came to Abaoji's funeral, Wang Yu's wife saw that something was wrong.

, knelt down in front of the Shulv Plane and cried loudly, begging the Queen Mother to let her husband go. The couple were willing to return south to the Central Plains and would never cause trouble to the Queen Mother!

Shu Luping ordered someone to pull Wang Yu over and asked deliberately: "Do you want to go back to the Central Plains? If you want to go back, I can let you and your wife go back." Wang Yu knew that this was his last chance. If he said the wrong thing,

If he said that, he would undoubtedly die. So he replied: "I was originally the brother-in-law of the Lord of Tang Dynasty. Now that the Lord of Tang Dynasty has been killed, where can I go back? I only want to serve the Queen Mother and do the work of a dog and horse!" Shu Luping was very satisfied with the king.

Yu replied, so he pardoned him and praised him in public: "Among the Han people, only Wang Lang is the most loyal and filial."

The other one was Zhao Siwen, a Han general who had made great achievements in attacking Fuyu City in the Bohai Sea. When Shuluping repeated his old tricks again, Zhao Siwen was captured. But Zhao Siwen refused to die, so Shuluping said to Zhao Siwen: "

When you were injured in Fuyu City, the late emperor personally prepared medicine for you and treated your injuries, and he was so kind to you. How could you not miss the late emperor?" Zhao Siwen also took the risk and said to Shu Luping: "If we say the person the late emperor missed the most,

Where will it be our turn? Of course it is the Queen Mother. If the Queen Mother is willing to go down to accompany the late Emperor, then I will follow immediately!"

Shu Luping said calmly: "Actually, it's not that I don't want to follow the late emperor, it's just that the children are still too young. Now the country has no owner, so it's inconvenient for me to go." As soon as she finished speaking, she took a sword and cut off her left wrist, ordering her left and right

The severed wrist was placed in the tomb. Zhao Siwen was able to avoid death.

So Shuluping came to the court as the Queen Mother, and all national affairs were decided by her. She ordered Han Yanhui to be the political orderer, and married her niece to Yelu Deguang as the queen. Yelu Deguang was also very filial, and of course he did not dare not to do so.

He was filial and filial. Whenever the Queen Mother was ill, he would be extremely worried. The Queen Mother Shulu was always resourceful and Deguang was brave enough to conquer others, so the Khitan was still strong in the north and there were no major changes.

Three years after Yelu Deguang succeeded to the throne, under the pressure of the Empress Dowager Shulu Ping, the filial son Yelu Deguang was forced to appoint his third brother, Yelu Lihu, the Empress Dowager's favorite youngest son, as the crown prince, and also named his younger brother a soldier of the world.

After Marshal Ma Yelube learned about it, he felt extremely indignant and desperate. It was okay to give it to the second child. After all, the second child was also capable. Who is the third child? He is worthy of being the emperor's younger brother!

So Yelvbei decided to run away and leave the prison that his mother and brother had arranged for him. He made an excuse to go fishing on the Bohai Sea. Then he took a boat across the sea without the guards around him paying attention. Before leaving, he was on a beach by the sea.

There is a poem left on the wooden sign: The hills are overwhelming the mountains, and the mountains are powerless. I am ashamed to see the people from my hometown, and I will go to a foreign country from now on.

Yelvbei crossed the Bohai Sea and finally landed in Dengzhou and defected to the Later Tang Dynasty. Li Siyuan was overjoyed and welcomed Yelvbei to Luoyang as the emperor's ceremonial guard. He was named "Dongdan Muhua" and appointed the envoy of Huaihua Jiedu. Later, he was also given a surname.

"Li" was renamed Li Zanhua and appointed as the Jiedushi of Qianzhou.

After Li Siyuan succeeded to the throne, his policy was to maintain the status quo as much as possible, rest with the people, and at the same time make limited concessions to the vassal towns and ease the conflicts with them. Everything was focused on stabilizing the situation. However, he wanted to stabilize, but it turned out to be troublesome.

Come to your door.

At this time, Meng Zhixiang, the military governor of Xichuan, who was in Chengdu, made Li Siyuan feel very uneasy. Meng Zhixiang was Li Keyong's niece-in-law and Li Cunxu's cousin-in-law, so he had a close relationship with them. He was also known as a virtuous man who knew people well and was good at appointing them.

Meng Zhixiang also has very strong strength, with money, food and an army.

When he was quelling the Kang Yanxiao Rebellion, Meng Zhixiang already had 3,000 cavalry and 24,000 infantry. His military strength was not weak. After learning that Li Cunxu died, Meng Zhixiang immediately occupied the Shu arsenal and obtained 200,000 sets of weapons and armor.

, and then expanded the army aggressively. He added 30 battalions of infantry such as Left and Right Chongshan, with a strength of 26,000, and six more battalions of navy troops including Feichu and others along the Yangtze River, with a strength of 6,000. He also promoted Li Renhan, Zhao Tingyin,

Zhang Zhiye and others were generals and took command respectively. At this point, Xichuan's three armies of infantry, cavalry and water were complete, with a total of 56,000 troops.

After the destruction of Shu, Li Jiqi and Guo Chongtao not only plundered the treasury of Shu, but also apportioned money to the wealthy households in Shu and forced them to donate salaries. They obtained a large amount of gold, silver, and silk, totaling about five million yuan.

.Part of this money was given to the army, and part of it was sent to the imperial court. About two million yuan was left in Chengdu, and was used by Meng Zhixiang to expand the army.

Ren Quan once succeeded the murdered Guo Chongtao in charge of affairs in central Shu, so he knew the inside story. As soon as he returned to Luoyang, he informed Li Siyuan of the situation. So Li Siyuan appointed Zhao Jiliang, the imperial servant, as the transfer envoy of the Sanchuan capital, responsible for the transfer of Shu.

The money and goods transferred to the Central Plains were actually the two million yuan in Meng Zhixiang's hands.

Zhao Jiliang was a knowledgeable and capable man, and he also had friendship with Meng Zhixiang. Zhao Jiliang came to Chengdu with Li Siyuan's edict. When Meng Zhixiang learned about it, he became furious and said: "The treasury of the Kingdom of Shu was left by the Wang family in the past.

Yes, it can be transported to the Central Plains. But the taxes paid by the people of Xichuan are used to support one hundred thousand soldiers, and this money cannot be taken away!" Meng Zhixiang also persuaded Zhao Jiliang to stay and help him. Zhao Jiliang also agreed, so Meng Zhixiang

Recommend Zhao Jiliang as deputy envoy of Xichuan Jiedu and serve as his deputy.

Li Siyuan was naturally unhappy and asked his number one adviser, An Zhongjie, who was then the privy envoy. An Zhongjie said that there were nine vassal towns in Sichuan. In terms of strength, Xichuan was the first, Dongchuan was the second, and the other seven towns were all

It's not enough. If Meng Zhixiang of Xichuan has rebellion, the most direct and simple way is to support Dong Zhang of Dongchuan to confront him, so that the two towns can form a balance in Shu, then no one will dare to rebel easily. An

Chongjiao also arranged for Dong Zhang's son Dong Guangye to be the palace envoy and serve in the Luoyang Palace. If Dong Zhang did anything inappropriate, Dong Guangye would be a hostage.

Sizhou defense envoy Li Yan, who once persuaded Wang Yan to surrender and made great contributions to the destruction of Shu, also saw Li Siyuan's worries. He believed that he had a deep friendship with Meng Zhixiang and was familiar with the situation in Shu, so he volunteered to go to Chengdu to serve as the supervisor of Xichuan.

Since Li Siyuan succeeded to the throne, all these supervisory troops have been abolished. Li Siyuan readily agreed to Li Yan's request and appointed him as the supervisor of the Xichuan Army.

After Li Yan's mother heard about it, she was very worried and advised him: "You were the first to propose the plan to destroy Shu, and the Shu people hated you. Now you take the initiative to go to Chengdu, do you want to give the Shu people a chance to take revenge?"

"Li Yan didn't listen.

Meng Zhixiang heard that Li Yan came to supervise his army, so he hated him very much. Someone asked him to report to Li Siyuan to prevent him from coming to Chengdu. Meng Zhixiang said: "Why do this? I have a way to deal with him." So he sent officials to Mian.

He went to Jianzhou and Jianzhou to greet him. When Li Shaowen, the military envoy of Wuxin, passed away, Meng Zhixiang claimed that he had received a secret edict from Emperor Zhuangzong, allowing him to act according to the situation, that is, appointing his own general, deputy envoy of Xichuan Jiedu.

, Li Jingzhou, the commander of both the internal and external horse and infantry armies, stayed behind in Suizhou. They urged him to go on the road and take up his post before informing Li Siyuan.

Li Yan sent an envoy to Chengdu in advance. Meng Zhixiang believed that he had an old favor for Li Yan and hoped that he would be afraid and return. So he arrayed his troops to show Li Yan, but Li Yan didn't mind. Meng Zhixiang's courtesy to Li Yan in the first few days

The treatment was very generous, and he hoped that Li Yan would leave voluntarily. Li Yan had no such intention at all, so Meng Zhixiang became murderous.

One day, Li Yan went to visit Meng Zhixiang. Meng Zhixiang said to him: "You were sent on an imperial mission and met with Wang Yan. After you returned, you asked for troops to attack Shu. Zhuangzong listened to your words, which led to the destruction of both countries."

Today you came here again, and the people in Shu are very scared. Besides, the supervisory army has been abolished in the world. Why do you come to supervise our army alone?" After hearing this, Li Yan was very frightened and begged Meng.

Zhixiang said: "I want to spare you, but the public anger can't help!" As soon as he finished speaking, the guards rushed out and beheaded Li Yan. Seeing his boss die an unexpected death, Ding Zhijun was so frightened that he lost his mind. Meng Zhixiang said to him: "In the past, Li Yan

When Yan went to Wang Yan as envoy, you were his deputy and his old friend, so help me bury him."

Later, Meng Zhixiang went to Li Siyuan and said: "Li Yan falsely conveyed the imperial edict and falsely claimed that His Majesty called me to join the court and that he would take over as the military envoy of Xichuan. He also promised heavy rewards to the soldiers without authorization in order to win over the morale of the army and had evil intentions. I

We made a decisive decision and executed this traitor!"

After Li Siyuan learned about it, he still wanted to subdue Meng Zhixiang with his kindness. So he sent the provincial envoy Li Renju to Shu. Meng Zhixiang's wife Princess Qionghua and son Meng Chang were still staying in Duzhong at this time. Li Siyuan ordered Li Renju to take the opportunity.
Chapter completed!