Wang Yan then issued an edict, appointing Xu Yanqiong as the commander of the horse and brigade inside and outside the capital, in charge of the military power of the imperial guards in Chengdu, and replace Wang Zongbi. Six years ago, Wang Jian had a lasting order: the brothers of the Xu sisters could give high officials and generous salaries, but they were not allowed to take charge of the army. Wang Yan's edict could be said to be a blatant slap his father in the face.

Everyone who looked down on Wang Yan and the Xu sisters was self-righteous and was indignant about this. Although Wang Zongbi, who had been lifted from military power, did not say anything, he obviously held a grudge. He forgot all the benefits given by the Xu sisters before and prepared to repay kindness with the grudge.

Song Guangbao became the governor, which also caused one of his eunuchs to have a pink eye attack. It was so good to be a governor, it was naturally much better than staying in the palace to serve people! Not only could he be an autocratic side, but he could also lead a large army and truly enjoy the honor of the superiors. Why did such a good thing fall on Song Guangbao?

Song Guangbao's colleague was named Wang Chengxiu. Wang Chengxiu's most prominent strength was that he was handsome and good at catering to his master. In addition, Wang Chengxiu's ability was very low. But relying solely on these was enough to make him appreciated by Wang Yan. Therefore, he became the envoy of the Northern Court of Xuanhui and became one of the influential and important eunuchs in the Former Shu.

In terms of gaining Wang Yan's trust, Wang Chengxiu has two very important helpers. The first helper is Han Zhao beside Wang Yan. Han Zhao and Wang Chengxiu have a good personal relationship and form cliques. While searching for beautiful women and artists for Wang Yan, the two praised each other and often praised the other's virtuous and capable in front of Wang Yan, which made the former Shu emperor leave a relatively good impression of his two favorite ministers.

Wang Chengxiu's other helper was An Chongba. An Chongba was originally from Beiyunzhou. He was greedy for money and good at goods, cunning and wise. He was once an officer of the Jin army and was under the command of the famous general Li Siyuan. Later, because he committed a crime, he fled to Houliang. Shortly after he was in Houliang, he defected to Former Shu. After arriving in Front Shu, he was appointed as a general of the personal army by Wang Jian because he was good at riding and shooting.

After Wang Yan ascended the throne, he was promoted to the governor of Jianzhou. An Chongba went to Jianzhou. He heard that there was a wealthy businessman named Deng who was good at playing Go, so he summoned him and claimed that he also liked to play Go and wanted to play a game with him. The rules of the game were determined by An Chongba, which was extremely unequal. In order not to confuse the magistrate, the wealthy businessman was not qualified to play chess with governor An. Every time he fell a piece, he was called to stand under the northwest courtyard wall. He could not leave or eat, waiting for governor An to make a move.

But the governor An was still a thinking group. He only made more than a dozen moves in the whole day, which made the rich merchant stand dizzy, sore and numb, and hungry and miserable. After enough trouble, someone reminded the rich merchant in time: Do you think the governor is really good at playing chess? The next day, the rich merchant took the initiative to offer ten ingots of gold, which was considered the first to admit defeat, and was considered to escape the pain of playing chess.

An Chongba's goal is far more than a small governor. He will blackmail the citizens, embezzle and bribe income, and use them for the officialdom, and continue to climb up. If you want to climb up, you must have a good assistant. An Chongba chose Wang Chengxiu, who is close to Wang Yan and is easier to fool, and betray him and plan for him. He will use his IQ to make up for Wang Chengxiu's shortcomings. From then on, An Chongba and Wang Chengxiu cooperated tacitly and made progress together.

Under An Chongba's plan, Wang Chengxiu convinced Wang Yan: Don't we need to strengthen our preparations for war? But now

Most of the senior generals in each army were old people from the late emperor and often disobeyed the emperor's will. Then we can reorganize a new army that is absolutely loyal to the emperor, so that when the emperor does what he wants to do, there is no need to worry about those people's objections.

Wang Yan thought that Wang Chengxie was very thoughtful, so he issued an order to select 12,000 elite soldiers from the army of the former Shu to form the Longwu Army in Chengdu. This army was organized into forty armies. Because it was the emperor's closest army, this new army was much more favorable than other armies from equipment to treatment. For the soldiers who joined the Longwu Army, it was certainly a pleasant good news. However, for most of the Shu army soldiers who were not selected into the Longwu Army, they naturally felt unbalanced resentment in their hearts, and reduced their loyalty to the new emperor of Great Shu.

Of course, the commanders of the emperor's personal army could not appoint those who rely on their seniority and did not listen to greet him very much. They could only use the people who Wang Yan trusted the most and were closest. As An Chongba expected, Wang Chengxiu, who volunteered, was appointed as the commander of the Longwu Horse and Crater, and An Chongba was successfully promoted to Wang Chengxiu's deputy.

However, the most elite army of Shu Kingdom was handed over to a shameless eunuch and an unconscionable surrendered general! The generals of the Shu army were upset when they heard this arrangement and felt very uneasy. This happened before Wang Yan used his uncle Xu Yanqiong to replace his nominal brother Wang Zongbi. Wang Yan used these two things to offend the veteran general left by Wang Jian twice.

Later Tang quickly learned about the situation where Former Shu increased troops and prepared for war in the fortress along the border of Tang Shu. In order to reduce the difficulty of attacking Shu in the future, Li Cunxu, who was still smart in strategy and tactics, decided to go to war with peace talks and assist in the attack, and sent a minister named Li Yanchou to visit Chengdu.

Li Yanchou visited Shu and arrived in Chengdu in early September of the second year of Tongguang. He did not return until November of the same year. He stayed in Qianshu for a longer time than Li Yan. In November when Li Yanchou set out to return, Qianshu believed that their negotiations with Li Yanchou were very successful. Qianshu had already achieved reconciliation with the Later Tang Dynasty and there would be no war for the time being. In order to save military expenses and prove the sincerity of peace in the Former Shu, the Shu army canceled the preparation plan and asked the troops sent to the fortresses of the border some time ago to return to Beijing. Qianshu's defense against the Later Tang Dynasty was reduced to a lower level.

The second month after Li Yanchou left Qian Shu, under the instigation of An Chongba, Wang Chengxiu, who had long been jealous of Song Guangbao, spoke to Wang Yan: "I heard that there are many beautiful women in Qinzhou, please send me to choose beauties there and present them to the palace." Wang Yan was very happy and immediately appointed Wang Chengxiu as the governor of Tianxiong and was granted the title of Duke of Lu, and asked him to take all forty troops from the left and right Longwu Army of the imperial front to Qinzhou to serve as a soldier.

Among the reasons why Wang Chengxiu asked to leave Zhen Tianxiong, going to Qinzhou to find a beautiful woman was only one of the reasons. The bigger reason was that he persuaded Wang Yan to launch the second Northern Expedition to create a great cause that made the world admire! Wang Yan's young man was moved and began to feel excited. He was not afraid of war because Wang Chengxiu gave him courage. Wang Chengxiu was not afraid of war because An Chongba's planning gave him courage. An Chongba was not afraid of war because he did not have a trace of loyalty and burden to Wang Yan. He had long been ready to sell off the small country of Former Shu and pave the way for his glory and wealth in the Central Plains!

Judging from Wang Yan's experience, since he can remember, there have been many wars with the surrounding Qi Kingdom, Dachanghe and Jingnan.

However, these wars were not large in scale, and the battlegrounds were far away from the border of Chengdu. The enemy had never entered the Shu territory. Most of the battles were fought, and in the end, the Former Shu won. Wang Yan was very confident in the natural danger of Shu, believing that the Former Shu country's country was dangerous and not too dangerous.

If you win, you can realize the ambition that was not realized in the first Northern Expedition. If you lose, it will not be too dangerous for the country. You have found Wang Chengxiu and An Chongba, two loyal and outstanding generals, why not give it a try?

Wang Chengxiu and An Chongba went to Qinzhou to take office under the opposition of most court officials. Wang Yan began to wait a little excited and nervously. Wang Yan announced that he would amnesty the world in the New Year and change his year name from Gande to Xiankang. Xian is all, Kang is peaceful, which means that he wants him to share happiness in the whole world. At the same time, Wang Yan casts a large number of "Xiankang Yuanbao" copper coins.

One day in the third year of Tongguang, Wang Yan held a banquet and suddenly held a wine glass and frowned. Gu Zaixun, the favorite minister beside him, hurriedly asked, "Why are Your Majesty worried?" Wang Yan sighed, "Now there is the Later Tang Dynasty in the north and the Barbarian Edict in the south. I have been in power for so long, but I still can't punish the people and save their people, so I'm very worried." Gu Zaixun hurriedly comforted, "We are all wise ministers in the court, what are your Majesty's worries?"

An official named Xima, the prince of the Crown Prince, was named Lin Han. He was humorous and liked to write satirical articles. After listening to this dialogue between the king and the minister, he was inspired. After he returned, he wrote a strange article called "Ten Zaiwen" in Gu Zaixun's tone.

When Wang Yan saw this article that cursed him and his important officials, he was not angry at all, but instead laughed out loud. He quickly instructed the historian: Immediately compile this article into the history of the country, and never let such a good article be lost! However, Wang Yan did not make any changes at all.

As soon as Wang Chengxiu took office in Qinzhou, he demolished the former Jiedushi's yamen and built a new palace. At the same time, he selected beauties among the people and taught singing and dancing. These things are Wang Chengxiu's old profession, and they are familiar with it and are also very necessary. Even if Wang Yan originally wanted to fight the Northern Expedition, he could not let him march on the way. If there were no beauties around him to enjoy their emotions, it would be too difficult for the romantic young emperor.

In the first half of the third year of Tongguang, the Later Tang encountered a severe drought, and in the next three months, there were floods in the entire territory. Although these disasters were severe, they would not have much impact on the Later Tang in the short term. However, they brought some illusion to Wang Chengxiu and Wang Yan: the opportunity for the Northern Expedition has arrived!

In order to cover up and avoid strong opposition from the ministers, Wang Chengxiu sent people to send "Beauty Pictures" and "Flowers, Plants and Trees Pictures" to show the humanistic beauty of Qinzhou and the beauty of mountains and rivers. He made a petition to Wang Yan to visit Qinzhou, just to let the emperor travel and relax and not cause a conflict in Tang and Shu. Wang Yan would lead the army and go to Qinzhou in the name of guarding the parade.

The ministers in the court were not so easy to fool. They all felt strong uneasy and tried to dissuade them. The important minister Wang Zongbi submitted a memorial to object. His literary talent was not good, and the memorial was thrown directly to the ground. Wang Yan's mother, Empress Dowager Xu, also expressed opposition, but Wang Yan felt that he had grown up and did not want to live in the shadow of his mother. He was like a willful naughty child and could no longer listen to his mother's advice.

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