Although Guo Wei was the emperor, he was relatively frugal. He once cleared out dozens of jewelry and jade items from the palace and smashed them in the hall, saying, "When the emperor said, how can these things be used! Emperor Yin of Han Liu Chengyou played with his confidants and favorite ministers all day long in the palace, and his precious antiques were always there. As a result, he encountered a big disaster. This matter was not far away, so it should be taken as a warning." Guo Wei warned the people around him that precious and gorgeous and pleasing items should not be brought into the palace.

Wang Jun had an old acquaintance named Shen Shihou, who had served as a genital general in Yanzhou. He lost his official position, so he was hungry and cold. One day, he saw Wang Jun's mount on the road and kowtowed to pay homage. At this time, the queen of Liangzhou Zheji, a Jiashi, submitted a memorial to the court, requesting the appointment of the commander. Because no one was willing to go in the remote areas, Guo Wei recruited people who were willing to go among the officials of the Eastern Palace's entrusted office. After more than a month, no one applied for the recruitment. Wang Jun recommended Shen Shihou to Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and Guo Wei appointed Shen Shihou as the governor of Hexi.

Besides, after Murong Yanchao refused to enter Beijing, he sent village troops to the city, digging trenches to lure the Si River into the trenches, and preparing for combat and defense. At the same time, he awarded many flags to the generals of various towns, asking them to recruit gangs of robbers and loot neighboring prefectures and counties. Wherever he was harassing, he reported Murong Yanchao's preparation for rebellion.

Murong Yanchao also thought it was easy to shake because of the new establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, so he called the Northern Han and Liao Kingdoms in the north, and lured the Southern Tang people in the south, allowing them to invade the border. He hoped that the court would be exhausted and had no time to take care of it, and then take the opportunity to move. When the Northern Han Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom's army was defeated from Jinzhou, and the Southern Tang army was defeated in Shuyang, and Murong Yanchao's power was frustrated.

Seeing that Murong Yanchao's actions became more and more obvious, Guo Wei ordered Yi and Mizhou to no longer be affiliated with the Taining Army to weaken Murong Yanchao's power. How could Murong Yanchao lose the two states and decided to disobey the orders.

Judgment Cui Zhoudu advised Murong Yanchao: "In ancient times, the Lu State was a country of poetry and literature. Although Bo Qin could not dominate the princes since he was a courtesy, he could live in the world with etiquette and righteousness. You have no selfless hatred for the country, why do you doubt Gods and ghosts? Besides, the Lord gave you guidance and care for you. If you remove your defense and surrender, you can enjoy wealth and honor. Haven't you seen Du Chongwei, An Congjin and Li Shouzhen, what did you do?"

But Murong Yanchao refused to obey and actually raised the flag to rebel. Guo Wei received the report and ordered Cao Ying, the commander of the guards and infantry, to deploy for Yanzhou Xingying, Qizhou defense envoy Shi Yantao, the imperial city envoy Xiang Xun, and the chief of the imperial city envoy Yao Yuanfu, the chief of the capital Yuhou, and led his army to attack Murong Yanchao in the east.

Murong Yanchao found out that the imperial court sent troops and hurriedly sent people to Jiangnan to date Nantang to attack together. Nantang then sent 5,000 troops, led by the general Yan Jingquan, and soon arrived in Xia Pi to help Murong Yanchao. Tang general Yan Jingquan then heard that Zhou army was coming, and was worried that it would be outnumbered, so he retreated to Shuyang.

Unexpectedly, Xuzhou inspector Zhang Lingbin led his army out of the city to attack, smashed the Southern Tang military camp, and captured Yan Jingquan alive and presented it to the Later Zhou court. Guo Wei wanted to use this to win over the king of the Southern Tang Dynasty, so he untied the Tang general Yan Jingquan, gave him clothes, gold and silk, and let him go back to the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Yan Jingquan cried and apologized for his guilt. Guo Wei said, "The rebellious ministers are hated by the world. Is it different in Jiangnan? The traitors in our country rebelled and harmed the people. Unexpectedly, the Lord of Tang would actually help them, which is really puzzling. You can go back and report to your master, don't

Do something that is harmful to the world!" Yan Jingquan said goodbye upon his order, and asked him to return to Lord Tang.

The Tang Lord felt ashamed, so he treated all the people who had previously obtained the Central Plains and sent them back to the country with courtesy. Some people in the Southern Tang Dynasty still offered their plans to seize the Central Plains. Han Xizai, a clerk of the Central Secretariat, said: "Although the Guo family has not been in control of the country for a long time, his rule has been solid. It will be harmful and useless to deploy our army easily." Since then, the Tang Lord felt grateful and dared not reinforce Murong Yanchao.

Murong Yanchao lost a powerful reinforcement, and had to climb the city to defend himself. Cao Ying arrived at the city and attacked fiercely, so he built Xiuzhuo to siege the city. At this time, Wang Jun happened to return from Jinzhou, and Guo Wei immediately ordered them to be transferred to Yanzhou. Murong Yanchao was naturally panicked when he saw Zhou army coming. So he led the heroes out of the city to break through, and was defeated by Yao Yuanfu, so he had to close the city and defend it.

The Zhou army surrounded all sides and trapped Yanzhou. From spring to summer, the guards were exhausted. Murong Yanchao was cunning and his treasury was almost finished. The soldiers ordered the people to pay the guards' wealth. Yan Honglu, a former Sima of Shanzhou, gave out his assets. But Murong Yanchao thought he had a private hiding and ordered Cui Zhoudu to go to the Honglu family to search for the Kuo. He searched everywhere but gained nothing, so he returned to Murong Yanchao.

Murong Yanchao was trapped in Yanzhou and was already exhausted. Because he was usually very greedy and stingy, half of the people he had collected rewarded the soldiers and half as a bag. Murong Yanchao's soldiers had no fighting spirit and went out of the city to surrender to Guo Wei one after another. Guo Wei personally went to the city and supervised the army to attack fiercely. Seeing that the Han army could not be conservative, Murong Yanchao could not do anything, so he actually came to Zhenxing Temple to save disasters and pray for blessings.

Before Murong Yanchao rebelled, a alchemist deceived Murong Yanchao and said: "Saturn has moved to the horn, Kang's two sutras, Kang's horn, Kang's are the division of Yanzhou, and there is good fortune under Saturn." Murong Yanchao believed it, so he built a ancestral hall to pray for blessings, and ordered the people to set up yellow flags.

How could the Zhou army resist it like a tide? After a long battle in the streets, all the soldiers under his command were dispersed. Murong Yanchao rushed to the Zhenxing Temple and set off an unknown fire. He then rushed into the office of the government office, took his wife, and prepared more drinking water in advance. The well drowned in an instant.

Murong Yanchao's son Murong Jixun led 500 people to escape, but was unfortunately captured and died immediately. Murong Yanchao was owled by a corpse, and all the families were killed. Yanzhou was pacified, and the Zhou lord left Yan Wei, a scholar in Duanming Palace, to temporarily deal with the affairs of the Yanzhou military administration and surrendered to the Taining Army as a defense state.

On the first day of the sixth month, Guo Wei went to Qufu to pay homage to Confucius Temple. He offered offerings and was about to worship the worship ministers, and the left and right officials said, "Confucius is the doctor of the princes, and should not worship him as the emperor." Guo Wei said, "Confucius is the teacher of emperors of all generations, so how dare he be disrespectful!" So he bowed to Confucius and ordered the repair of Confucius Temple, and prohibited the harvesting of firewood and grass in Confucius Forests. He asked Confucius and Yan Yuan's descendants to be appointed as the magistrate of Qufu County and the chief clerk.

A few days later, Concubine De Dong died of illness in the palace. Guo Wei was forced to stop mercy and mourn and finally polite. Dong was from Zhenzhou and originally married to his fellow villager Liu Jinchao. When Liu Jinchao was in the Later Jin court, he was appointed as an envoy of the inner court. Liao soldiers invaded, Liu Jinchao died of martyrdom, and Dong temporarily lived in Luoyang. Liu Zhiyuan entered the capital from Taiyuan. Guo Wei followed Liu Zhiyuan to pass Luoshui. He heard that Dong had both virtue and art, so he took her as a concubine. Later, Guo Wei left Yezhong and ordered Dong to be the only one.

People followed him. So later, Guo Wei's family was slaughtered, and only Dong was rescued from disaster. Guo Wei was called emperor and had a low position in the central palace, so he appointed Dong as Concubine De and took charge of the harem. At this point, he died of illness at the age of 39.

Guo Wei was sad that his beloved concubine died of illness and refused to look at the court for several days. Then bad news came, Gao Xingzhou, the governor of Tianping Jiedu, died of illness at the office. Guo Wei stopped the court for several days, but fortunately there was nothing inside and outside, and the government was idle. Only the border of Jizhou was plundered by Liao soldiers. Du Yanxi, the chief minister, repelled the Northern Han army in a battle, so the losses were limited.

After pacifying Murong Yanchao, Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty wanted to kill all the generals and officials in Yanzhou. Hanlin scholar Dou Yi visited Feng Dao and Fan Zhi, and the two said to Guo Wei together: "They are just threatening to follow." Guo Wei then pardoned the generals and officials in Yanzhou and implemented a general amnesty in the Yanzhou area, stipulating that those who escaped and concealed with Murong Yanchao could surrender at any time within one month. Those who had already committed crimes and had been punished for pardoning their relatives.

Li Huan, the younger brother of Prince Guo Wei’s guest Li Tao, was a bachelor of the Qinzheng Hall in Liao Kingdom and had a good relationship with Xiao Haizhen, the governor of Youzhou. Xiao Haizhen was the wife of the Liao master Yelu Wuyu. Li Han persuaded Xiao Haizhen to surrender to Hou Zhou, and Xiao Haizhen happily agreed.

Li Huan used Dingzhou spy Tian Chongba to carry silk watches to spread the news, and wrote to Li Tao, saying, "The Lord of Liao was naive and ignorant, specialized in wandering games, had no lofty ambitions, and could not compare with his predecessors. If the court could use troops, he would definitely win. Otherwise, he would definitely succeed if he made peace with him. Both of these were suitable for rapid progress. It is estimated that the situation of the Liao Kingdom would not be able to help the Han in Northeastern He in the future." Tian Chongba arrived in the capital, but happened to encounter a lot of things in the country, so he did not take Li Huan's plan.

The Privy Councilor Wang Jun was frivolous and impatient, good at calculating, greedy for power, and liked to flatter himself. He was also very conceited and believed that only he could bear the important task of governing the world. Wang Jun often talked about political affairs and made suggestions. When Guo Wei obeyed, he was happy. When Guo Wei disagreed, he was resentful and often spoke rudely.

Guo Wei thought that he was an old minister and had the contribution of assisting in the establishment of the imperial career. At the same time, he had always known his character, so he often tolerated and forgave Wang Jun's rude behavior. Wang Jun was older than Guo Wei. After Guo Wei ascended the throne, he still called Wang Jun a brother, or his name, so Wang Jun became more arrogant.

The Deputy Privy Councilor Zheng Renhui, the Imperial City Envoy Xiang Xun, and the Enzhou Tuanjian Li Chongjin were both Guo Wei's confidant generals when he was in the vassal state. Guo Wei ascended the throne and gradually promoted them. Wang Jun was jealous, so he repeatedly stated that he was sick and asked to remove his position to test Guo Wei's intentions.

Guo Wei repeatedly sent left and right servants to urge and comfort him. Wang Jun responded to the envoy's words and was very enthusiastic. At the same time, he wrote to the governors of various departments and sought certificates of recommendation. Each department did not dare to refuse to obey, so he presented letters to Wang Jun. After Guo Wei read them, he was shocked for a long time and sent left and right servants to condolence and encourage him to govern political affairs, and said, "If you don't come, I will go in person." Wang Jun was still out of the court.

Guo Wei knew that Chen Guan, the direct scholar of Privy Councilor, was close and friendly with Wang Jun, so he asked him to go and declare the decree. Chen Guan said, "Your Majesty only needs to threaten to arrive at his home in person, and Wang Jun will definitely not dare not come." In the autumn, Wang Jun went to court. Guo Wei comforted him and asked him to handle political affairs.

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