However, Guo Chongtao felt that if the old boss, who was also favored by Li Cunxu, would affect his power if he entered the Privy Council. So he took action in advance and recommended Zhang Juhan, who was gentle and humble, to the Privy Council, and prepared a position equivalent to the Privy Council of the previous dynasty: Xuanhui Envoy.

As a result, he was determined to be in a good harvest of official positions. After returning excitedly, he realized that his power was like a cold daylily. He couldn't help but feel angry and hatred, and since then he has formed a deep hatred with Guo Chongtao.

Whether it is the government orders of the Political Affairs Hall or the military orders of the Privy Council, if you don’t have money to drive them, you will be weak and powerless. Therefore, having a position is also extremely critical, which is the renter who is in charge of the central government’s finances.

The power of the Renmin Envoy was close to that of the Jianchang Palace Envoy whom Zhu Youwen of the Later Liang Dynasty. Before the founding of the Later Tang Dynasty, Li Cunxu was permanently stationed in Weizhou, and all tax revenues in various places had to be paid to Weibo and were uniformly allocated and used. The person who actually in charge of this matter was Kong Qian, the Weibo governor of the Supervisory Affairs Office. Now that the King of Jin wants to be the emperor, this important position should still be his own? Kong Qian, like Li Shaohong, was full of expectations for his promotion.

However, Guo Chongtao, a "famous descendant", said that the country's rejuvenation should have the grand atmosphere of the rejuvenation, how could a lowly subordinate be listed as the leader? Therefore, Guo Chongtao recommended that the same gentle personality and would not compete for power with him. The former Wei Bo Observer Judge Zhang Xian was appointed as the resident envoy, and Kong Qian could only serve as the deputy envoy. In other words, the power in Kong Qian's hands decreased with the founding of the Later Tang Dynasty. Kong Qian did not dare to attack on the surface, but began to hate Guo Chongtao deeply in his heart.

The upcoming Later Tang Dynasty will imitate the Li Tang Dynasty to set up three capitals, namely: Promoting Weizhou to the Xingtang Prefecture in Tokyo, which is counted as the capital, and using the former judge of Weibo Jiedu Wang Zhengyan as the Xingtang Prefecture in Xingtang; the Western Capital Taiyuan Prefecture in Hedong, Meng Zhixiong as the Taiyuan Prefecture in Taiyuan; promoting Zhenzhou to the Zhending Prefecture in the Northern Capital, and using the judge of Anyi Observation Ren Yuan as the Zhending Prefecture.

Besides, Li Sizhao's second son Li Jitao successfully became the queen of An Yiliu, but he knew very well that Li Cunxu did not want him to inherit his father's position. Now he was just forced to not pursue the situation for the time being. Once Li Cunxu made a move, he might settle the accounts with him at any time.

Therefore, Li Jitao was very vigilant. He sent his confidant Wei Zhuo and Shen Meng to Weizhou to inquire about the news in the name of entering the official business, and always pay attention to whether Li Cunxu had any signs of taking action. In order to say what Li Jitao likes to listen to, Wei and Shen secretly reported: "Li Cunxu defeated so many generals when he attacked Zhenzhou. Now the talents are withering, and they will be destroyed by the Liang Dynasty in the future. It is only a matter of time before it will be a matter of time!"

Li Jitao was moved when he heard this. However, in Anyi Town, there were many people who opposed the rebellion of Jin, and Li Jitao did not dare to act rashly. Soon, according to the list of personnel booked by Li Cunxu and Guo Chongtao, two heavyweights were transferred from Anyi, which was mentioned above, Zhang Juhan, who would serve as Privy Councilor, and Ren Yuan, who would serve as Zhending Yin.

Zhang Juhan and Ren Yuan were Li Sizhao's right-hand men, but once the emperor and again the minister, Li Jitao was neither close nor trusted. Li Cunxu suddenly wanted to transfer these two people, but Li Jitao didn't know why. With his frightened state, things that were hard to figure out were easy to associate in the worst direction. Is Li Cunxu going to do it? To summon Zhang Juhan and Ren Yuan to understand the reality of Luzhou?

Wei Zhuo, who had returned to Luzhou, incited him to say: "

The King of Jin suddenly summoned these two people. It is conceivable how dangerous the situation would be. If it doesn’t rebel, it will be too late!" Li Jitao’s younger brother Li Jiyuan was only fifteen years old and actively encouraged his second brother to rebel. He said: “Brother has a million wealth, and there are military rations in the warehouse that can support him for ten years. You should plan for yourself and don’t let others control it!”

Li Jitao asked his younger brother: "What do you think you should do?" Li Jiyuan said: "I see Shen Meng is right. Regarding the vast land and the crowds, Hebei cannot defeat Henan after all. We might as well form an alliance with Daliang, so we don't have to worry about Li Cunxu. What's more, the country is troublesome now, and there are enemies everywhere next to Li Cunxu. Where can he have the spare time to attack us? The best way is this!"

Li Jitao then decided to betray Li Cunxu, betray his father's career for his life, and turned to the Zhu family of the enemy. Li Jitao sent Li Jiyuan to lead more than a hundred cavalry to enter the territory of Houliang in the name of sending troops to harass Jin and Jiang prefectures. After joining the relationship with the Liang army, he went to Bianliang. Jin met the Later Liang Emperor Zhu Youzhen and expressed his sincerity to surrender.

Zhu Youzhen, who was used to hearing bad news, suddenly received this unexpected good news and was overjoyed. Zhu Youzhen immediately issued an order to change Anyi Town to Kuangyi Town, Li Jitao as the governor of Kuangyi, and added Tongpingzhang. At the same time, he sent General Dong Zhang to send troops to help Li Jitao fight against the possible attacks Li Cunxu had.

Li Jiyuan returned to his second brother: All conditions were agreed upon. Li Jitao officially announced his rebellion, citing his own jurisdiction, Lu and Ze prefectures to surrender Houliang, and took the initiative to send his two sons to Bianliang as hostages.

Because Zhang Juhan and Ren Yuan, who were most likely to oppose, had both left Luzhou, Li Jitao's order was not hindered much in Luzhou and was executed. In most cases, county officials were not as good as current management. However, Li Jitao's order was sent to Zezhou and also sent to Li Sizhao's old subordinates, and the effect was not so good.

Because the "current management" there was Pei Yue, the governor of Zezhou. Like Zhang Juhan and Ren Yuan, he was one of Li Sizhao's confidants during his lifetime and was not in the same mood as Li Jitao. Pei Yue followed Li Sizhao to fight south and north for half his life, and felt that the old leader's son was so different from the old leader, how could he do such a thing!

Pei Yue summoned the soldiers and civilians in Zezhou and said to everyone in tears: "I have followed Lao Jieshuai for more than 20 years. I have seen with my own eyes that every time the Lao Jieshuai receives a reward, I will give it to the meritorious soldiers. I will teach us that we should not forget the national hatred and swear to destroy the false Liang! The Lao Jieshi died before he fulfilled his ambitions, which makes people sigh. Now, the husband Li Jitao's father's death is not yet fulfilled, so he betrayed the king and relatives! I would rather commit suicide by tyrannical deeds than follow him to do unjust things!" Everyone present was moved and expressed their willingness to follow Pei Yue.

Therefore, the Zezhou defenders refused to accept Li Jitao's order, and they wanted to continue to block the Liang army's road to Luzhou to King Xiaozhong of Jin. Zhu Youzhen heard about this incident and appointed Dong Zhang as the governor of Zezhou and asked him to lead his troops to attack Zezhou to ensure the smooth road to Luzhou. Dong Zhang immediately led his army to surround Zezhou and cut off internal and external contacts. Although Li Cunxu learned about Li Jitao's betrayal soon, he did not know in time that the Zezhou defenders were still holding on for him.

When Li Jitao learned that Zezhou refused to be ordered, he was also worried. Although it was an army led by his father, the morale of the army was not unified. If Li Cunxu's army was at the city, how many of the defenders in Luzhou would be able to stand on his side? The answer cannot be optimistic.

Li Jitao decided to sell his property and recruit soldiers. Li Jitao wanted to use his new recruits,

As soon as possible, we will form a new army that obeys our orders and save it for future use.

According to ancient conventions, a new dynasty usually honors seven generations of ancestors as emperors and builds seven temples of the emperor. However, the actual situation of the Later Tang Dynasty was a bit special. Its seven temples were assigned to two families without blood relationships. Among them were three ancestors who were pursued by Li Cunxu as emperor, namely: Great-grandfather Yizu Zhaolie Emperor Zhu Xiezhiyi, grandfather Xianzu Emperor Wen Emperor Li Guochang, and father Taizu Wu Emperor Li Keyong. There were also four real emperors of Li Tang, namely: Gaozu Li Yuan, Taizong Li Shimin, Yizong Li Yan, and Zhaozong Li Ye.

On the day he was called emperor, Li Cunxu respected his biological mother, the wife of Jin State Cao, as the empress dowager, and Li Keyong's wife, the legitimate mother of Qin State Liu, as the second-level imperial concubine. Li Cunxu's approach was naturally out of his own emotions, but it seriously deviated from the Confucian etiquette and law of Ming and defending legitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate

This edict was sent to Taiyuan. Mrs. Cao was surprised. How could he have the attitude to meet Mrs. Liu who had always treated her well when her son did this? Unexpectedly, Mrs. Liu smiled and took the initiative to congratulate her. Mrs. Cao was very uneasy and didn't know how to apologize. Mrs. Liu did not show any injustice, but instead comforted Mrs. Cao and said, "As long as our son can live for a hundred years, our souls will return to the nine springs in the future and there will be someone in front of the tomb to pay homage. As for the ranking, why bother to be petty?"

Due to Mrs. Liu's wisdom and generousness and the long-term intimate personal relationship between Cao and Liu, the small flame that Li Cunxu irresponsibly ignited was extinguished and did not trigger any palace fight. This matter is not insignificant, it vaguely reveals a major flaw in Li Cunxu's ruling style: he likes to place his personal feelings, even a temporary whim, on a system that the country has already recognized.

As soon as Li Cunxu became emperor, he received bad news. First, Li Jitao rebelled and presented Anyi Town to Houliang. Secondly, the second month after Li Cunxu became emperor, the Khitan cavalry launched another serious harassing southern invasion, attacking Youzhou, Yizhou, Dingzhou and other places, and robbing military rations sent to Youzhou.

Li Cunshen, the New Lulong Jiedushi who was sent to guard against the Khitan, reported that Youzhou's reserves had dropped to less than half a year. In other words, if the war between the south and Houliang continued to stalemate, and the Khitan in the north launched another large-scale attack on Lulong like five years ago, Youzhou might not be able to defend it.

However, Li Cunxu soon received good news. Li Jitao and the people around him thought that Hebei could not defeat Henan after all, because they knew themselves but not their enemies. They only saw the difficulties faced by the Later Tang Dynasty, but did not know that the Later Liang Empire, which seemed to be still powerful, had already been full of holes and conflicts. There were actually far more people who wanted to change their families and turn against Li Cunxu.

Lu Shunmi, a general under the commander of the Liang army from the north, was one of them. In addition to being the commander-in-chief of the Liang army on the North Line, Dai Siyuan was also the governor of the Tianping Jiedu. As the commander-in-chief of the Northern Line, Dai Siyuan's command center was located in Yangcun, not far from Desheng. The main force of the Liang army also gathered from the front line from Huazhou to Yangcun to be dispatched at any time, attacked or defended the most dangerous bridgehead set up by the Tang army on the south bank of the Yellow River.
Chapter completed!