4. Huainan
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Gao Pian was in charge of Huainan, and he gradually wanted to separate himself and rule the roost. Later, he surrendered and favored the "master" Lu Yongzhi. Bi Shiduo raised an army to resist the riot, and colluded with Xuanzhou to observe and make Qin Yan imprison and kill Gao Pian; Luzhou governor Yang Xingmi held high " Under the righteous banner of "King Qin rescues him", he chased Bi Shiduo and Qin Yan and occupied Huainan; Sun Ru broke away from Cai's thief Qin Zongquan and competed with Yang Xingmi for Huainan. In the end, Yang Xingmi defeated Sun Ru and took control of the towns of Huainan and Xuanzhou.
Huainan, which had been ravaged by the war, was in ruins and almost became a no-man's land. With the strong assistance of civil servants and generals, Yang Xingmi recruited exiles, taught farmers and mulberry trees, and battled wits with the Tang Dynasty and Zhu Wen of Bianzhou and Qian Liu of Hangzhou. Douyong finally established a solid foundation in Huainan and restored Huainan's economy to pre-war levels, turning Huainan's power from a coveted fat to a powerful vassal that everyone feared, becoming the undisputed leader in the Jianghuai region.
After Yang Xingmi's death, his eldest son Yang Wo succeeded to the throne.
Yang Wo has little talent and learning, and has bad conduct. He is "disciplined on the grave", as evidenced by poems:
"The shooting range is newly opened to the inner camp, and the basement is noisy and the sky is falling.
The incense candles are all around like the morning, and Mai comes to bat the ball late at night. "
Within three years, Xu Wen and Zhang Hao launched a mutiny and killed Yang Wo. At first, the two conspired to bring the entire territory of Huainan to surrender to Zhu Wen. After killing Yang Wo, Zhang Hao regretted it and planned to monopolize the victory, so Xu Wen preempted it. After Zhang Hao's death, Xu Wen announced the "truth" about Yang Wo's murder. , and put all the blame on Zhang Hao.
After Yang Wo's death, the generals recommended Yang Xingmi's second son Yang Wei to take over the throne.
Yang Wei, originally named Yang Ying, also known as Yang Longyan. This book is based on Yang Wei's call, and the family must be in order.
It is said that Xu Wen once dreamed of a white dragon coiling around the pillars of the palace, and the next morning he accidentally saw Yang Wei dressed in white, "standing with the pillars", and was secretly surprised. So after killing Yang Wo, Xu Wen privately told his adviser Yan Keqiu that he wanted to establish Yang Wei.
This should be a fabricated story, because supporting Yang Wei was not only the intention of Xu Wen, but also the intention of all civil and military officials. Yang Wei was only 23 years old when he died, and historical records did not record that he had any heirs, so according to the rules, his younger brother should succeed to the throne.
Yang Wei was only 11 years old at the time. Although he was supported by the ministers, the military and political power was controlled by Xu Wen. Yang Wei had been Xu Wen's puppet since he took the throne.
In troubled times, the most indispensable thing is capable ministers and troubled heroes. The great leader commented that Zhu Wen was "similar to Cao Cao." We also spent a lot of time telling Zhu Wen's life in the previous article. He did look like Cao Cao, but Xu Wen from Huainan was more like Cao Cao than Zhu Wen, and even his ending It is also basically a perfect tribute to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao isolated the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhu Wen isolated the Tang Dynasty, and Xu Wen isolated the Southern Wu Dynasty. However, only Zhu Wen stayed in the Nine-Five-Year Plan during his lifetime and was called a loner. Xu Wen chose the path of Cao Cao and regarded it as " He showed his face as a "loyal minister" and left the task of usurping power and proclaiming himself emperor to his son.
After eradicating Zhang Hao, Xu Wen annexed Zhang Hao's power and served as the commander of both the left and right armies, which was equivalent to controlling the "Central Forbidden Army". This was his capital to "hijack the emperor". Xu Wen knew very well that if he wanted to control Huainan, these forbidden troops alone were not enough. He found that Shengzhou (now Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province) was a good place. He thought that the terrain here was like a dragon and a tiger, and it had the aura of a king. And it is the most important military port in Huainan.
Therefore, Xu Wen also served as the governor of Shengzhou, but he himself was still entrenched in Yangzhou, the headquarters of Huainan, and instead sent his adopted son Xu Zhigao to take charge of Shengzhou. The father and son, one in the center and the other in the local area, hold heavy troops and respond to each other internally and externally.
However, can a political power be controlled by just killing the old master (Yang Wo) and killing people (Zhang Hao)? Of course it's not that simple. Xu Wen still has a lot of work to do.
In the entrepreneurial history of the Yang Xingmi Group, the oldest ones are undoubtedly the "Thirty-Six Heroes". Xu Wen is also among them, but he is the one who has made the least and most insignificant achievements. However, the one who truly ranks high and is the most prestigious in the group is They are Liu Wei, Tao Ya, Li Yu, Li Jian and others.
Especially for Liu Wei, when Yang Xingmi was seriously ill, his aide Zhou Yin even publicly asked Yang Xingmi to hand over his inheritance to Liu Wei.
Therefore, after Zhang Hao killed Yang Wo, he planned to support Huainan's independence. Yan Keqiu and others used these four people to intimidate Zhang Hao, which made Zhang Hao deeply worried and had to give up the idea of independence and establish Yang Wei instead.
Nowadays, the meritorious veterans represented by these four people are also obstacles in the way of Xu Wen's autocratic power. Xu Wen must settle them first.
These hard-working and meritorious old ministers were all placed outside, but Xu Wen, the transparent and soy man who was originally a soy sauce man, suddenly became the actual controller of the central government from the captain of the palace security. They were all aggrieved and repeatedly made public remarks that disdained Xu Wen. Challenge Xu Wen's authority.
Among them, Li Yu had the most violent reaction. He once said publicly, "Who the hell is Xu Wen? I have never heard of such a thing! How dare you yell at us?"
In March of the second year of Qianhua (912), Xu Wen sent Xu Jie as envoy to Hangzhou. When passing through Xuanzhou, Xu Jie lobbied Xuanzhou observer Li Yu to come to Yangzhou to meet the new master Yang Wei. Li Yu had already agreed, and the meeting was about to end in a friendly atmosphere. But Xu Jie preferred to do bad things and said an inappropriate sentence, "If you don't go, I'm afraid someone will accuse you of treason."
Xu Jie's original intention was to make Li Yu be more careful, keep his tail between his legs, and pay attention to "someone" at all times, so as not to be caught and killed by him.
Li Yu was instantly detonated by these words, and asked sternly: "What, I am treason? So, does killing Yang Wo count as treason?"
After Xu Jie returned to Yangzhou, he truthfully reported the meeting. Xu Wen was furious and determined to scare the monkeys by killing Li Yu to scare the "Thirty-Six Heroes".
Therefore, Xu Wen publicly accused Li Yu of failing to attend the pilgrimage in the name of his lord Yang Wei, and then ordered General Wang Tan to appoint an envoy to Xuanzhou. General Chai Zaiyong led the army to escort Wang Tan to Xuanzhou for his appointment, and appointed his adopted son Xu Zhigao led the surface ships to cooperate, and launched an attack on both land and water, aiming at Xuanzhou.
Li Yu refused Wang Tan's entry and went to the city to resist. The fighting lasted for a month without progress.
However, Li Yu's youngest son, also his favorite son, was on duty in Yangzhou. So Xu Wen took him as a hostage and escorted him to Xuanzhou City to persuade him to surrender.
The little son was very disappointed. When he arrived at the city, he cried and howled, begging his father for help.
Li Yu threw a rat weapon and missed the best opportunity to counterattack.
So Xu Wen took the opportunity to send He Xing into the city as a lobbyist to persuade Li Yu to surrender in the name of his lord Yang Wei.
He Xingling spoke sharply and said, "Now you are closing the city gate tightly and neither fighting nor surrendering. What's the point? If you are really plotting rebellion, please kill me immediately. Show your ambition; if you are not rebelling, then you should follow me to see the lord and explain your innocence."
