While Ma Xifan was enjoying life to the fullest, another change occurred in the Central Plains. Fan Yanguang, the governor of the Tianxiong Army, heard that the Jin army had entered Luoyang, so he had no choice but to go to Shi Jingtang and ask for surrender.

When Fan Yanguang was humble, a warlock Zhang Sheng once said to him: "You will definitely become a general in the future." Fan Yanguang later turned out to be a noble man, so he trusted and respected this warlock Zhang. Fan Yanguang once dreamed of a snake diamond.

After entering his belly, he asked Zhang Sheng to interpret his dream. Zhang Sheng said: "The snake is a dragon. This is a sign that you will become an emperor." Fan Yanguang began to have unworthy thoughts.

Because Li Congke, the leader of the Tang Dynasty, always treated him kindly, he couldn't bear to betray his virtue, so he took no action for the time being. After Zhao Dejun's defeat, Fan Yanguang led troops from Liaozhou back to Weizhou. Although he asked Shi Jingtang to surrender, he was unwilling to do so.

He wrote a letter to secretly collude with Mi Qiong, the newly appointed defense envoy of Qizhou, and wanted to rebel with him. Mi Qiong did not reply to him after receiving the letter. Fan Yanguang was very uneasy, fearing that he would leak the secret.

Mi Qiong went to Qizhou to take office and passed through Weizhou. Fan Yanguang wanted to kill people and silence him, and he was greedy for his property, so he sent troops to stop him in Xiajin and killed Mi Qiong. Fan Yanguang claimed that he was capturing bandits in Xiajin.

, the soldier accidentally killed Mi Qiong, and Shi Jingtang did not ask any questions.

Fan Yanguang gathered troops, repaired weapons, and summoned all the governors under his jurisdiction to Weizhou to prepare for rebellion. Shi Jingtang was worried when he heard the news. Sang Weihan offered a plan and said: "Daliang controls Yan, Zhao in the north, Nantong Jiang, and Huai

, is a city on both land and water, and is very rich in materials and finances. Now the signs of Fan Yanguang's rebellion have been revealed. Daliang is only ten stations away from Weizhou. If something happens to him, the army will come over soon. It's like the saying goes.

It's the same as what they said, 'thunder can't cover the ears'!" Shi Jingtang nodded and praised him. So he made an excuse that Luoyang's water transportation was insufficient and wanted to patrol eastward to Bianzhou.

Shi Jingtang set out from Luoyang for an eastward patrol, leaving Zhang Congbin, the former Shuofang Jiedu envoy, as the inspection envoy of the Eastern Capital, to assist the prince in guarding Luoyang. He took his concubines and others to Bianzhou. Along the way, he was accompanied by hundreds of officials, and he arrived in Daliang safely.

Then an amnesty was issued, and Fengxiang Jiedu envoy Li Congyu was granted the title of King of Qi, and Pinglu Jiedu envoy Wang Jianli was appointed King of Linzi. Both of them were accompanied by Fan Yanguang. Even Fan Yanguang, who had rebelled but not yet rebelled, was also granted the title of Linqing.

King, to show his appeasement.

Fan Yanguang always entrusted the political affairs of the military government to Sun Rui, the governor of Yuan Sui Zuo. Sun Rui relied on favor and was arbitrary and arbitrary. If the memorial was not satisfactory, he tore it into pieces in front of Fan Yanguang. There is a paragraph.

When Fan Yanguang fell ill, Sun Rui secretly summoned Feng Hui, the governor of Chanzhou, and conspired with him to force Fan Yanguang to rebel. Fan Yanguang also remembered the words of the warlock Zhang Sheng and obeyed them.

Zhang Yan, the envoy of Liuzhai, sent an envoy to Weizhou to return to the court on Shi Jingtang's order and reported the situation of Fan Yanguang's rebellion. Fu Yanrao, the envoy of Yicheng Jiedu, also reported that Fan Yanguang sent troops to cross the Yellow River and burned the city outside Huazhou City.

Shi Jingtang then mobilized troops and horses, and ordered Bai Fengjin, the commander of the cavalry army, to lead 1,500 cavalrymen out of Bai Majin. He then ordered Zhang Congbin, the inspection envoy of the Eastern Capital, to deploy for the southwest capital of Wei Mansion. He also sent the military envoy of the capital to guard the capital.

Yang Guangyuan led the infantry and 10,000 cavalry to garrison in Huazhou. He sent Du Chongwei, the commander of the Holy City Protector, to garrison in Weizhou. Du Chongwei was from Shuozhou and his wife was Princess Leping, Shi Jingtang's sister.

Fan Yanguang appointed Feng Hui to be the commander of the capital, and Sun Rui to be the supervisor of the army and horses. He commanded 20,000 infantry and cavalry along the west bank of the Yellow River to Liyangkou. Yang Guangyuan reported to Shi Jingtang that he had led his troops across Huliang Crossing. Shi Jingtang immediately appointed Yang Guangyuan as the bodyguard.

It was deployed on all sides of Wei Mansion, Zhang Congbin was the deputy commander and the capital of all armies was Yuhou, Zhaoyi Jiedu envoy Gao Xingzhou commanded his army to garrison in Xiangzhou, and it was deployed on the west side of Wei Mansion.

Sergeant Guo Wei originally belonged to Liu Zhiyuan and should accompany Yang Guang in the northern expedition. He explained to Liu Zhiyuan that he wanted to stay. Someone asked him why he wanted to stay. Guo Wei said: "Mr. Yang has a treacherous talent but no heroic spirit. What's the use of me?"

The only one who can use me is Mr. Liu!"

Shi Jingtang issued an edict, ordering Zhang Congbin to send thousands of Henan troops to attack Fan Yanguang. Fan Yanguang sent someone to lure Zhang Congbin. Zhang Congbin rebelled with Fan Yanguang, killed the Heyang Jiedushi and the prince Shi Chongxin, and asked General Zhang Jizuo to take charge of the post in Heyang.

affairs.

Zhang Congbin led his troops into Luoyang again, killed the prince Shi Chongyou who was temporarily acting as the East Capital defender, and appointed the Dongdu Deputy Governor. Zhang Yanbo, the capital inspector, took charge of the affairs of Henan Province and followed the army's actions. He also transferred money and silk from the inner treasury.

He came to reward the soldiers, but the judge Li Xia who stayed behind refused to reward him, so the soldiers killed him too.

Zhang Congbin led his troops to guard Sishui Pass and approached Bianzhou. Shi Jingtang ordered Hou Yi, the commander of the capital, to lead 5,000 forbidden soldiers to join Du Chongwei to conquer Zhang Congbin; he also ordered Liu Churang, the envoy of Xuanhui, to go with him from Liyang. At that time, the military letter

There was a lot of traffic, and all the officials following Shi Jingtang in Daliang were troubled and frightened. Only Sang Weihan commanded calmly, looked calm, and did not change the normal rules when receiving guests. Everyone felt a little calm after seeing them.

Zhang Congbin attacked Sishui and killed the inspector Song Tinghao. Shi Jingtang was dressed in military uniform, preparing light cavalry, and was preparing to run to Taiyuan to escape. Sang Weihan kowtowed and remonstrated, saying: "Although the traitor soldiers are strong, their momentum cannot last. Please.

Please wait a little longer and don't move rashly." Shi Jingtang remained there for a moment.

Fan Yanguang sent envoys to lure those who failed in their duties with wax pills and secret letters. General Lou Jiying of the Right Guards, General Yin Hui of the Right Guards were in Daliang, and Wen Tao's sons Wen Yanjun, Yanmao, and Yanyan lived in Xuzhou, and they all responded to Fan Yanguang and rebelled.

.Fan Yanguang ordered Wen Yanjun brothers to seize Xuzhou, and the number of his disciples gathered reached thousands.

Lou Jiying and Yin Hui fled one after another because the incident was leaked.

Shi Jingtang issued an edict, believing that Fan Yanguang had used treachery and false accusations to slander Zhongliang. From now on, those who capture Fan Yanguang's spies will be rewarded. Kill the spies and burn the wax books without reporting them. Yin Hui will defect to Wu and be killed.

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Lou Jiying defected to Xuzhou and relied on the Wen brothers. Zhongwu Jiedu envoy Chang Congjian defended them with heavy troops. Wen Yanjun and others did not dare to have an attack and wanted to kill Lou Jiying to express themselves. Wen Yanmao stopped him and defected to Zhang Congbin together. Lou Jiying knew about it

Their conspiracy persuaded Zhang Congbin to capture the three Wen brothers and kill them all.

When Bai Fengjin was in Huazhou, some sergeants were looting at night. He captured them and captured five people. Three of them were Bai Fengjin's subordinates and two were Fu Yanrao's subordinates. Bai Fengjin killed them all.

Fu Yanrao was very angry because Bai Fengjin didn't tell him first.

The next day, Bai Fengjin came with several accompanying cavalry to see Fu Yanrao and expressed his apology. Fu Yanrao said: "Every army has its own subordinates, why did you seize Huazhou's sergeant and kill him without authorization? Even a little master

I don’t care about my status as a guest!" Bai Fengjin said: "The sergeant broke the law, how can we distinguish between you and me! I have taken responsibility to apologize to you, but you are still angry. This is because you want to rebel with Fan Yanguang.

Really!" Fu Yanrao waved his sleeves and stood up to leave, but Fu Yanrao didn't hold him back. The armored soldiers under the tent made a great noise, came out with knives, caught Bai Fengjin, and killed him immediately.

Bai Fengjin's cavalry followers walked out of the camp and shouted loudly outside. The troops from all sides were vying to put on armor and hold weapons in their hands. The noise could not be stopped. Fengguo's left wing command made Ma Wan confused and didn't know what to do. He led the infantry and wanted to follow the riot.

, happened to meet Lu Shunmi, the commander of the right wing, leading his troops out of the camp, and said sternly to Ma Wan: "Fu Gong killed Bai Gong without permission, and he must have conspired with Wei Cheng. This place is only two hundred miles away from the emperor's palace. We and the sergeants

Your family members are all in Daliang, why don't you want to serve the country, but instead help the rebels and bring about the annihilation of the clan? Now we should work together to capture Fu Gong and deliver it to the emperor to achieve great achievements. The sergeants who obey the orders will be rewarded, and those who disobey the orders will be killed. Don't

Any more doubts!"

Some of the soldiers under Ma Wan's command were still shouting, but Lu Shunmi killed several of them, so that no one dared to move. Ma Wan had no choice but to follow him and attacked Yacheng together with Fangtai, the Marquis of Fengguo, and others, captured Fu Yanrao, and ordered Fangtai to be sent to

Daliang Shi Jingtang ordered Fu Yanrao to be executed in Banjing Hall, but his brothers were not questioned.

Yang Guangyuan led troops from Bai Gao to march to Huazhou. The soldiers heard about the rebellion in Huazhou and wanted to elect Yang Guangyuan as the monarch. Yang Guangyuan said: "The emperor is not something you play with! When I surrendered in Taiyuan, it was out of poverty.

We have no choice. If we change now, we will really be rebels." His subordinates did not dare to say any more.

At that time, the three towns of Wei, Meng, and Hua rebelled one after another, and people's hearts were greatly shocked. Shi Jingtang asked Liu Zhiyuan what to do, and Liu Zhiyuan replied: "The rise of emperors has its own destiny. When His Majesty was in Taiyuan, he had insufficient food for five days, and he achieved success in the blink of an eye.

We have accomplished a great cause. Now, the world has been pacified, with a strong army inside and a powerful Khitan in the north. What can these rebellious rats do? May your Majesty use your kindness to appease the generals, and I will curb the prestige of your soldiers for you. Thank you.

By applying both power and force, the capital will naturally be stable, and if the tree trunks and roots are deep, the branches and leaves will not be injured." Liu Zhiyuan strictly established regulations on punishing and prohibiting criminals, and no army guarding the capital dared to violate them.

A sergeant stole a piece of paper money and was caught by its owner. He asked Liu Zhiyuan to let him go. Liu Zhiyuan said: "I killed him based on the actual situation of the matter, not how much it was." He immediately ordered his beheading to be shown to the public. From then on, the sergeants

They were all in awe.

Shi Jingtang appointed Yang Guangyuan as the envoy of the Wei Mansion's camp and also in charge of the affairs of the government. He appointed Zhaoyi Jiedushi Gao Xingzhou as Henan Yin and stayed behind in Tokyo. He appointed Du Chongwei as the Zhaoyi Jiedushi and the commander of the guard and horse army.

Hou Yi was appointed as the military envoy of Heyang. Shi Jingtang promoted Ma Wan to be the military governor of Yicheng because Ma Wan was the leader in Huazhou affairs. He appointed Lu Shunmi as the training envoy of Guozhou regiment and Fang Tai as the governor of Zhaozhou. Soon he learned that Pingding was pacified.

Huazhou was all attributed to Lu Shunmi, so he was appointed as Zhaoyi's successor.

Feng Hui and Sun Rui led their troops to Liuming Town. Yang Guangyuan lured them across the river. When they were halfway across the river, he attacked with his troops. Yin Hui and Sun Rui's troops were defeated. Many people drowned in the water, and 3,000 people were killed.

After being beheaded, Yin Hui and Sun Rui fled back to Weizhou.

Du Chongwei and Hou Yi led troops to Sishui, where they met Zhang Congbin's army of more than 10,000 people. There was a fierce battle between the two sides, and Zhang Congbin's troops were captured and killed, and Sishui was conquered in one fell swoop. Zhang Congbin escaped and crossed the river on horseback, but was drowned.

In the river, Zhang Congbin's accomplices Zhang Yanbo, Zhang Jizuo, and Lou Jiying were all captured and escorted to Daliang. Shi Jingtang ordered their executions and destroyed their families. The History Museum compiled a letter from Li Tao stating that Zhang Jizuo's father Zhang Quanyi had contributed to the reconstruction of Luoyang.

, asked for pardon for his clansmen. Shi Jingtang only killed Zhang Jizuo’s wife.

Yang Guangyuan reported that Zhang Hui, who was in charge of Bozhou affairs, led the whole city to surrender. Wang Hui, the commander of Anzhou Weihe, heard that Fan Yanguang had rebelled, so he killed Anyuan Jiedushi. He commanded the military government and planned to wait for Fan Yanguang's victory and then rely on him.

, if he was defeated, he would cross the Yangtze River and defect to Wu. Shi Jingtang sent the right-leading general Li Jinquan and a thousand cavalry to Anzhou to inspect and inspect. Wang Hui surrendered. Shi Jingtang pardoned Wang Hui's crime and appointed him as the governor of Tangzhou.

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Fan Yanguang knew that the rebellion was destined to fail, so he blamed Sun Rui, killed his entire clan, and sent envoys to the court to await punishment. Yang Guangyuan reported to the court, but Shi Jingtang refused. An Congjin, the governor of Shannan East Road, was worried about the king.

Hui defected to the State of Wu, and sent marching Sima Zhang to lead troops to join the Fuzhou soldiers to stop him on the main road. After Wang Hui looted Anzhou, he was about to defect to the State of Wu, but his general Hu Jin killed him and reported the situation to the court.

When Li Jinquan arrived in Anzhou, hundreds of soldiers participated in the rebellion. Li Jinquan told them to go to the capital to visit Quemen and wait for their punishment. Then, he heard that the commander Wu Yanhe and other dozens of people had brought a lot of property for bribery.

So they ambush the soldiers in the wild, caught them and killed them.

Before Wu Yanhe died, he shouted loudly: "Wang Hui is the chief culprit, and the emperor pardoned him. We are all cowards, what crime do we have!" Although Shi Jingtang knew about Li Jinquan's situation, he did not ask any questions.

Shi Jingtang pardoned Zhang Congbin, Fu Yanrao, and Wang Hui's gang members. Those who were not killed will not be held accountable, and Li Jinquan was appointed as the governor of Anyuan.

Yang Guangyuan relied on his large army, often interfered in the political affairs of the DPRK, and often proposed disobedience. Shi Jingtang was willing to obey him. He also appointed his son Yang Chengzuo as General Zuoweiwei, and married Shi Jingtang's daughter Princess Chang'an. His second son Yang Cheng

Xin also received a good official position, and his favor was the highest at that time.

Yang Guangyuan reported: Feng Hui, the former governor of Chanzhou, went to battle in Guangjin City and took the opportunity to surrender. He said that Fan Yanguang had run out of food in the city and was in poverty. The imperial court appointed Feng Hui as the Yicheng Jiedu Envoy. Yang Guangyuan led his army to attack Guangjin.

It has been unable to be conquered for many years.

Because Shi Jingtang's army had been in power for a long time and the people were tired, he sent Zhu Xian, an eunuch serving in the inner court, into Guangjin City to inform Fan Yanguang, promising to transfer him to guard the large feudal town. He also said: "If you surrender, I will still kill you."

You are above me in daylight, and I cannot enjoy the country."

Fan Yanguang said to Li Shi, the deputy envoy of Jiedu: "Your Majesty is a man who values ​​​​honor. If you say you won't kill me, you will definitely not kill me." He withdrew the garrison in the city, but he was still hesitant. The envoy of Xuanhui Nanyuan

Liu Churang went to the city again to inform him, and Fan Yanguang decided to surrender. Yang Guangyuan sent Fan Yanguang's two sons, Fan Shoutu and Fan Shouying, to Daliang. Fan Yanguang sent a tooth general to the court to wait for punishment.

When Shi Jingtang's edict came to Guangjin, Fan Yanguang led his subordinates to greet him in mourning clothes at Yamen. The envoy read out the edict and released him. Yang Guangyuan petitioned to enter the court and ordered Liu Churang to temporarily take charge of the Tianxiong military affairs. Shi Jingtang ordered Fan Yanguang to be appointed as

Tianping Jiedushi still gave him an iron certificate and promised to Guangjin City's lieutenant general, officials, soldiers and people that the crimes committed before today would be acquitted and no longer be investigated. Those who belonged to Zhang Congbin and Fu Yanrao's remnant party and those who defected from the army into the city

The people were also released. Fan Yanguang's trusted generals Li Shi, Sun Hanwei, and Xue Ba were all appointed as defense officers, regiment training envoys, governors, and tooth soldiers were all promoted to bodyguards.

Heyang Marching Sima Li Yan was from Xingzhou, and his parents lived in the countryside. Li Yan rebelled with Zhang Congbin, but Zhang Congbin failed and defected to Guangjin. Fan Yanguang appointed him as the infantry commander and asked him to climb the city and refuse to defend. Yang Guangyuan investigated and captured him His mother was placed in the city to recruit Li Yan to surrender, but Li Yan shot his mother to death with a bow and arrow.

After Fan Yanguang surrendered, Shi Jingtang appointed Li Yan as the governor of Fangzhou. Shi Jingtang's close officials said that Li Yan's crime of killing his mother could not be forgiven. However, Shi Jingtang said: "The pardon order has been issued and cannot be changed." Still, he was allowed to take up the post.

Since the death of Guo Chongtao, prime ministers rarely serve as privy envoys. Shi Jingtang came to the throne, but Sang Weihan and Li Song concurrently held this position, which made Xuanhui envoy Liu Churang and the eunuchs unhappy. Yang Guangyuan besieged Guangjin, and Liu Churang several This time I took Shi Jingtang back and forth to convey orders.

The things Yang Guangyuan petitioned often went beyond his duties. Shi Jingtang did not make a decision, and only Sang Weihan made the ruling and refutation according to the law. Yang Guangyuan expressed dissatisfaction with Liu Churang for this, and Liu Churang said: "These are all What the prime minister meant." Yang Guangyuan was filled with resentment.

After Fan Yanguang surrendered, Yang Guangyuan secretly complained about the prime minister's fault. Shi Jingtang knew the reason for what happened, but could not solve it. Shi Jingtang appointed Sang Weihan as Minister of War and Li Song as Minister of Works, and sent their privy envoys to He was dismissed; Liu Churang was appointed as Privy Envoy. Fan Yanguang came from Yunzhou to Beijing to pay homage.

Shi Jingtang was concerned that Tianxiong Jiedu envoy Yang Guangyuan was domineering and difficult to subdue, so Sang Weihan requested that the Tianxiong army be dispersed and that Yang Guangyuan be promoted to Taiwei. Khitan, and confessed his love to Khitan. He trained more than a thousand people in his private tribe, and often harbored thoughts of rebellion in his heart.

After Fan Yanguang surrendered, he asked several times to become an official. Shi Jingtang then issued an edict: Fan Yanguang retired as the crown prince and grand master, and lived in Daliang, Tokyo. Whenever he attended banquets, he was no different from other ministers. When Fan Yanguang rebelled, Wang Jing, a native of Yedi, the governor of Xiangzhou, was at the border. Wang Jing resisted and refused to follow. Shi Jingtang was greatly impressed, so he appointed Wang Jing as the training envoy of the Yaozhou regiment.

Yang Guangyuan, who stayed in Xijing, reported in a memorial that: Sang Weihan, the Minister of Zhongshu and Tongping Zhangshi, had unfairly transferred officials and allowed officials to build official residences in any two cities to compete with the people. Shi Jingtang had no choice but to transfer Sang Weihan to Zhangde. Jiedushi, also serves as the minister.
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