At that time, with the help of the front-line coach, Yang Guangyuan often made many demands to the court through Xuanhui envoy Liu Churang, many of which even exceeded his authority. For such excessive demands, Shi Jingtang did not want to be a villain, so he pretended to be confused and did not argue, and kicked the ball to Sang Weihan and Li Song, who were both the same as Pingzhangshi and the Privy Councilor at the time.

Among the two prime ministers, Li Song had a relatively weak status and could only obey Sang Weihan's opinions. Sang Weihan was in business and would not approve any unreasonable requests. Seeing that his request was rejected again and again, Yang Guangyuan was very angry and complained to Liu Churang and complained about the unfairness of the court. Liu Churang was also dissatisfied with Sang Weihan and Li Song, so he added fuel to the fire: "Actually, the emperor is very supportive of you. The request was rejected because Sang Weihan and Li Song, the two prime ministers, interfered with it!"

The facts are really like Liu Churang said. Is Shi Jingtang very supportive of Yang Guangyuan? It is naturally impossible. As early as when Zhang Congbin was eliminated, Fan Yanguang once blamed the responsibility for rebellion to the scapegoat Sun Rui, and wanted to use his head to beg for mercy to Shi Jingtang.

However, Shi Jingtang refused Fan Yanguang's request to surrender and ordered Yang Guangyuan to conquer Guangjin and completely eliminate Fan Yanguang! However, in the final stage of the war of counter-rebellion, Fan Yanguang was in desperate situation and it was only a matter of time before he died, Shi Jingtang suddenly changed his attitude completely and took the initiative to pardon Fan Yanguang, which greatly reduced Yang Guangyuan's achievements. This was obviously Shi Jingtang did not want Yang Guangyuan to achieve full achievements, and he had already become suspicious of him.

Yang Guangyuan did not see this at that time. Of course, he no longer had the suspicion of the not-strong enough emperor. As soon as the war to quell Fan Yanguang was over, Yang Guangyuan immediately submitted a memorial to criticize Sang Weihan and Li Song for "the crime of misleading the country". Shi Jingtang certainly knew that Sang Weihan and Li Song were taking the blame for him. However, in view of the situation, Shi Jingtang could not explain it, so he removed the position of Privy Councilor of Sang Weihan and Li Song, who served as Privy Councilor, and Liu Churang, who had a friendship with Yang Guangyuan, served as Privy Councilor, to avoid intensifying the conflicts with Yang Guangyuan.

But at the same time, at the suggestion of Sang Weihan, Shi Jingtang took the opportunity to divide Weibo Town under Fan Yanguang into three parts: Beizhou, Bozhou, and Jizhou cut off from Chengde Town to form Yongqing Town; Weizhou was renamed Yedu again and set up a separate left-behind; Xiangzhou, Weizhou and Chanzhou established Zhangde Town. After this division by Shi Jingtang, Weibo, the most important source of chaos since the Tang Dynasty, no longer existed, and Shi Jingtang did what Zhu Youzhen wanted to do but could not do.

At the same time, Shi Jingtang also made Yang Guangyuan's hope of replacing Fan Yanguang who was defeated by him, becoming the new Weibo Jiedushi. Of course, Shi Jingtang did not dare to treat Yang Guangyuan badly and immediately transferred him to the residency of Luoyang, Xijing, giving him the opportunity to help Fan Yanguang "death" soon after.

Since Luoyang is no longer the capital and is located in the mainland, there is no need to equip too many troops. Shi Jingtang therefore used this as a reason to seize part of Yang Guangyuan's military power. Yang Guangyuan was naturally very angry. Although Shi Jingtang married his daughter Chang'an Princess to Yang Chengzuo, the eldest son of Yang Guangyuan. Shi Jingtang wanted to use this to express that the king and his ministers were as close as a family. However, Yang Guangyuan still felt that he had suffered a great loss and began to have greater greed.

Yang Guangyuan secretly sent someone to carry a lot of jewelry to the Khitan to bribe the generals and find opportunities to get the Khitan Emperor.

He complained about how he was treated unfairly in the Later Jin Dynasty and tried to compete with Shi Jingtang for the support of the Khitan.

To compete with Shi Jingtang, and to go to the Khitan master to try out the skills of bribery, of course, it would take a lot of money. So Yang Guangyuan made a clever name in Luoyang and issued various local policies to impose excessive taxes, scrambling the land, greatly increasing the burden on the people in his jurisdiction. After Shi Jingtang heard about these things, he asked the actors to make a drama and ridicule. However, Yang Guangyuan was disgusted with a shameless face and no longer cared about it!

In addition, when they were forced to disarmament, Yang Guangyuan selected more than a thousand brave soldiers and formed a private department that was loyal to him. In order to let these arrogant warriors follow him wholeheartedly, Yang Guangyuan no longer chewed the grass beside his nest and indulged them to loot in Luoyang and Heyang, doing all kinds of evil! The only difference between them and bandits was that after they committed the crime, they did not have to worry about being chased by the government. Yang Guangyuan's series of actions made Shi Jingtang feel uncomfortable, and it seemed that he had to take action, otherwise the consequences would be unpredictable.

After Fan Yanguang was killed by Yang Guangyuan, more than a month later, Yang Guangyuan was invited to the capital to pay homage. Shi Jingtang was very enthusiastic and "held a banquet to entertain this in-laws. During the meal, the emperor, who was full of spring breeze, recalled the heroes and asked with concern: "When he besieged Yedu, his left and right generals made many meritorious contributions. But many people have not received the reward they deserve. This is my fault! This mistake must be corrected now. All the generals who have meritorious will be awarded the governors, so that they can also have the opportunity to glorify their ancestors!"

Yang Guangyuan didn't react for a moment. He was already drunk, so how could he think that way! He just felt that promoting his subordinates was equivalent to enhancing his influence, so he agreed happily. Shi Jingtang immediately appointed several of Yang Guangyuan's confidants as governors of various states, and arranged them all over the country to let these people leave Yang Guangyuan's direct jurisdiction.

Then, when he was about to see him, Yang Guangyuan had just left Bianliang and was about to return to Luoyang. Shi Jingtang suddenly sent someone to chase him. An imperial edict gave Yang Guangyuan the position of Pinglu Jiedu, whom An Congjin wanted, to Yang Guangyuan. At the same time, Yang Guangyuan was naturally removed from his position as the governor of Xijing and Heyang Jiedu. Since Wang Shifan destroyed Zhu Wen, the military strength of Pinglu Town was relatively weak. Therefore, in order to make this mobilization seem like a relegation, Shi Jingtang also granted Yang Guangyuan the noble title of "King of Dongping".

Only then did Yang Guangyuan realize that he had been plotted. The small group he built through Jin'an surrender and attack on Fan Yanguang was basically broken up by Shi Jingtang. In desperation, Yang Guangyuan had to suppress his newly germinated ambition and honestly went to Qingzhou to take office. If there was anything different from before, it was that when he was in Luoyang, Yang Guangyuan made a fortune. His son Yang Chengxun organized a move. In order to transport the Yang family's money, prostitutes, concubines, servants and others to Qingzhou, he actually used more than a thousand horses, claiming to be "full of usurpation and extravagance, and was the best of Fang Yue"!

Yang Guangyuan had a pursuit and was not satisfied with his already prominent position on the list of rich people. When he was in office as the governor of Pinglu, he still focused on plundering people's wealth! However, Shi Jingtang ignored these matters. His suppression of Yang Guangyuan ended here. As long as Yang Guangyuan's degree of danger to the court was reduced to a controllable range, he wanted to be greedy for some money, so he would let him be greedy!

In fact, Shi Jingtang's various illegal acts against the vassal states in various places were basically allowed to do so as long as they were not rebellious or premeditated.

Even if the vassal state has no contribution, it is not strong. When he was climbing the wall, Zhao Zaili, who was grabbed by Huangfu Hui and pulled down and forced to become the rebel leader, was in Songzhou at this time and served as the governor of Guide. Zhao Zaili had no ambitions because of his limited ability. After he became the commander of the Jieshen, he devoted himself to exploiting the people. The people of Songzhou were suffering from this and were all looking forward to him leaving office as soon as possible.

Once, Shi Jingtang planned to transfer Zhao Zaili to Chang'an to serve as the governor of Yongxing. When the news came, the people of Songzhou were overjoyed and ran around to tell each other, congratulating each other and saying, "Zhao Zaili is leaving, and the thorn in his eyes can finally be removed!" Zhao Zaili also heard about the people's reaction to his mobilization and was furious. So he submitted another memorial, requesting to stay in Songzhou for another year.

Shi Jingtang was always magnanimous to the vassal states, so he agreed happily. With the acquiescence of the emperor, Zhao Zaili immediately retaliated against the people. He ordered to check the household registration in Guide Town, and then each household forced 1,000 coins of copper coins, which was called "nail drawing money". The urging force for nail drawing money far exceeded the regular tax on the imperial grain. Those who dared not pay or could not pay were arrested and punished! Soon, amid the cry of the common people, more than one million yuan of nail drawing money was forcibly collected. Zhao Zaili proudly put all the naked ill-gotten wealth into his own private pocket, while condescendingly and slapped the common people under his rule, thinking that who would dare to say that nail drawing in the future?

Because he followed Yang Guangyuan and made great contributions in quelling the Fan Yanguang Rebellion, he was promoted and reused, the most prominent general was Zhang Yanze, who was promoted to the governor of Zhangyi. He was a rough and cruel and arrogant warrior. Zhang Yanze's ancestors came from the Turks. Although he had lived in the Central Plains for several generations, he was not fully sinicized. Zhang Yanze was extremely brave since he was a child. He had a pair of special eyes and yellow iris. He could emit cold light at night, which made people feel chilling at first glance.

Not only did he look strange, but Zhang Yanze's behavior was extremely strange. Zhang Yanze liked domestic violence. He had a son who was often beaten by him. This son could not stand the torture of invisible end and was forced to escape from his home in Jingzhou and exile in a foreign land. Zhang Yanze was furious and reported to the court to arrest his son nationwide. In the end, Zhang Yanze's son was caught in Qizhou.

Shi Jingtang issued an edict on this matter and sent him home. In other words, Zhang Yanze's son fled all the way, crossing the entire Later Jin Dynasty, but he could not escape his devilish father. Good boy! How dare he run? His son assured him: "I won't be next time." But the answer he got was: "You won't have next time!" Zhang Yanze immediately ordered his subordinates to execute his son!

Zhang Yanze has a secretary under him, Zhang Shi, who was originally a distant relative of Zhang Yanze. The relationship between the two was pretty good. Seeing this, he hurriedly advised him: "He is your own son and he didn't make any big mistakes, why bother to do anything?" Zhang Yanze's son did not escape because of Zhang Shi's persuasion.

But Zhang Shi's good words made it difficult for him to escape! Zhang Yanze immediately transferred his anger to the person who was dissuading him. Zhang Gong took the arrow and was about to shoot Zhang Shi, which scared Zhang Shi so much that he quickly ran away. After retreating, Zhang Shi no longer dared to stay in Jingzhou. While resigning because he was sick, he fled to Binzhou with his wife and defected to Li Zhou, the governor of Jingnan. But can this escape Zhang Yanze's vicious hands? Of course, it cannot.
Chapter completed!