When Li Keyong ordered Qin Wang to solve the "Three Towns Offenses" crisis, Wang Jian of Xichuan also sensed an opportunity, took the banner of going north to Qin Wang, and sent his adopted sons Wang Zongyao, Wang Zongkan and others to seize Li Maozhen's territory.
At the same time that Li Keyong captured Pizhou, Wang Jian captured Lizhou and captured and beheaded the governor Li Jiyong (adopted son of Li Maozhen); Li Jiyong (adopted son of Li Maozhen) in Langzhou, Pengzhou, and Quzhou all surrendered.
They were about to arrive at King Qin's front line, but Wang Jian used the excuse of Dongchuan troops to plunder Xichuan's baggage and returned to attack Dongchuan.
During the battle, Wang Jian's adopted son Wang Zongbi was captured alive by Dongchuan. Gu Yanhui of Dongchuan rebuked him for violating the border without any reason, and Wang Zongbi replied that everyone was his own master. Gu Yanhui also said that Wang Jian committed a crime. As a general, why didn't you dissuade him and make more contributions to the friendship between the two Sichuan countries? Wang Zongbi had no words to reply, but please die.
At first, Wang Jian wanted to seize Dongchuan with a Hongmen Banquet, but Wang Zongbi leaked the secret to Gu Yanhui privately, so that Gu Yanhui escaped the disaster. Gu Yanhui did not forget this kindness and no longer made things difficult for Wang Zongbi. Instead of killing him, he adopted him as his adopted son, stayed by his side to serve, and renamed him "Gu Chen". As usual, we will use "Wang Zongbi" in the following text.
Wang Jian's intention was obvious. In the name of "King Qin", he invaded Shannan from the north and swallowed Dongchuan from the east to expand his sphere of influence. The imperial court ordered both Sichuan and Sichuan to stop their troops. Wang Jian ostensibly accepted the edict of reconciliation and returned to Chengdu, but his main force continued to attack Dongchuan under his orders.
Under Wang Jian's sharp offensive, Tongzhou (Li Maozhen's territory) and Guozhou surrendered, Longzhou was captured, and Wang Jian continued to encroach on the territories of Fengxiang Li Maozhen and Dongchuan Gu Yanhui.
At the same time, Wutai Jiedu envoy Wang Jianzhao surrendered to Wang Jian with his land. This was Wang Jian's unexpected fortune.
The reason was that Cheng Rui, the envoy of Jingnan Jiedu, was unwilling to be lonely and went up the Yangtze River. Taking advantage of the melee between the two Sichuan rivers, he attacked the southern Guizhou area. Wang Jianzhao, the military governor of Wutai, was unable to resist, so he surrendered to Fengdu (now Fengdu County, Chongqing City).
Xu Cun, the general sent by Cheng Rui, was brave and invincible. He pursued and attacked Yuzhou (belonging to Dongchuan) and Fuzhou (belonging to Wutai) one after another. Cheng Rui appointed another general as Wu Tailiu's successor, but only gave Xu Cun the position of Wanzhou governor.
Cheng Ru knew that the rewards and punishments were inappropriate, and he was worried that Xu Cun would be dissatisfied, so he sent someone to observe secretly. The investigators sent back intelligence that Xu Cun ignored government affairs and only played football for fun every day. Cheng Ru sneered and said, "He is about to go on a long journey. Let him practice his feet first." Then he sent troops to raid Xu Cun.
Xu Cun abandoned the city and fled, gathering the remaining soldiers and defeated generals. He lamented that the world was so big that there was no room for him. So together with Wang Jianzhao who was trapped in Fengdu, he surrendered to Wang Jian and sought the shelter of the regional boss, Wang Jian of Xichuan.
The reason why Xu Cun did not see Rong Yu Chengru was simple: Xu Cun was wise and brave. Cheng Ru was jealous of talents and was suspicious of him. Now, Xu Cun was desperate and turned to Wang Jian. He was also jealous of Wang Jian, and Wang Jian wanted to find an opportunity to kill him.
Gao Zhu, Wang Jian's counselor, advised: "The Lord is recruiting heroes from all over the world to build the cause of overlordship. Xu Cunqiongji has come to surrender today. If you kill him, who will dare to come to join him in the future?"
Wang Jian sent Xu Cun to his adopted son Wang Zongwan, and secretly ordered Wang Zongwan to secretly monitor Xu Cun's every move and kill him if he made the slightest mistake.
Wang Zongwan secretly reported: "Xu Cun is loyal and brave, humble and cautious in doing things. He is a rare good general!"
Only then did Wang Jian completely give up the idea of killing Xu Cun, and adopted him as his adopted son, giving him the name: Wang Zongbo.
Wang Zongbo served under Wang Jian. Whenever there was danger, he would bravely charge forward. Whenever there was a reward for his merits, he always claimed that he was sick and refused to move forward and gave the credit to others. He was able to die a good death as a result. And he didn't know until his death that it was Wang Zongwan who saved his life.
Make a fortune silently. Wang Jian seized the opportunity of "three towns violating the border" and expanded his territory to the north and east, greatly increasing his power. Just when he was concentrating on unifying the two Sichuan provinces in one fell swoop, the imperial court suddenly issued an edict, ordering Wang Jian to serve as the commander of the Fengxiang Western Front Army (Fengxiang Western Front Camp to recruit envoys) to attack Li Maozhen.
It turns out that Li Maozhen "proclaimed himself as a soldier and violated the government" again.
【Second offense】
In order to balance the power among the vassal towns in the world, when the "three towns were in conflict", Zhaozong stepped aside and allowed Li Maozhen and Han Jian to survive.
Before Li Keyong took over Hedong, the two of them actively paid tribute to the court with a humble and respectful attitude. After Li Keyong returned to Hedong, the two of them immediately returned to their true colors.
After Zhaozong returned to Chang'an, he still did not give up his efforts to revive the Tang Dynasty, and his efforts still used the original formula and the familiar flavor: the civil service group; the armed force.
The prime minister Kong Wei was previously restarted, but Kong Wei was already in his dying years. After Zhaozong's repeated pleas, he reluctantly took up the position of prime minister. After three months of hard work, he finally died of illness; the prime minister Zhang Jun was restarted again, but Li Keyong was accused of "encircling and suppressing Hedong". He hated Zhang Jun because of the incident, so he went to Zhaozong and said, "Zhang Jun pays homage to the prime minister in the morning, and the soldiers from Hedong will come to the palace in the evening!"
Zhaozong was thirsty for talents, and the conditions for selecting prime ministers were relaxed again on the original basis. Those who passed the political examination and had excellent academic performance could be prime ministers. As a result, several good comrades were discovered:
The No. 1 seed, Sun Xie, reason for selection: top scholar, number one scholar in the Xizong Dynasty.
No. 2 seed Lu Huan, reasons for selection:
1. Born after Lu Zhi, the wise prime minister in the middle Tang Dynasty;
2. Loyalty, he fled to Xingyuan with Xizong for the second time;
3. He was quick in thinking. Zhaozong once wrote a composition on the spot. Lu was the first to submit the paper and his writing style amazed Zhaozong.
No. 3 seed Zhu Pu, reason for selection: big liar.
Zhu Pu has two good friends, one is He Ying, a doctor from the Ministry of Water, and the other is Xu Yanshi, a Taoist priest. Xu Daoye gained the favor of Zhaozong and strongly recommended Zhu Pu to Zhaozong. He Ying also took the opportunity to support Zhu Pu, so Zhaozong summoned Zhu Pu. Zhu Pu was a top student in the history department (with three historical examinations). When it came to governing the country and the people, he was very clear-cut and just talked about military affairs on paper. , Zhaozong thought that he had found a treasure, and said to him, "Although I am not Taizong, I have a minister like Wei Zheng!"
Zhu Pu was a doctor of Guozi at that time, that is, a professor at the national aristocratic school and a fifth-rank official. But he dared to recommend himself and uttered wild words to Zhaozong, saying that if you let me become the prime minister, you only need to give me more than a month, and I will give you a peaceful and prosperous age.
It took one month to revive the Tang Dynasty.
One really dares to say it, and the other really dares to believe it.
Zhaozong was so hungry for talents that he was almost unselective about food. There were successive cases of exceptional recruitment, including Zheng Qi in the past and Zhu Pu in the present.
Zheng Qi still had self-awareness and the virtue of giving in to the worthy; but Zhu Pu was arrogant, ambitious and lacking in talent.
Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. It is not that they are not afraid of tigers, but they do not know tigers. Zhu Pu's shocking words and boasts about Haikou not only reflect his narrow and one-sided world view, but also expose his low emotional intelligence. To promote oneself is to belittle the people around you. To say that one can bring peace to the world in a month is to accuse the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty of being useless.
Before Zhu Pu even went to work, he had already ridiculed all his colleagues, maxing out his hatred. As you can imagine, his path to work will be full of thorns and ups and downs. In the workplace, there are many people like Zhu Pu. They are often arrogant and conceited, and regard their isolation and unsociability as the jealousy of others, thus becoming even more unreasonable.
The results of these prime minister's special admissions and crash courses will be released soon. History will not let us wait too long.
