Li Siyuan handed over the power of life and death of An Zhongjie to Zhai Guangye and told him that if he found out that An Zhongjie had any evil intentions, he would kill him.
Zhai Guangye was from Yunzhou, his nationality was Houliang, and he was a descendant of the martyrs with roots in Hongmiaozheng. His father, Zhai Jingke, was a company and platoon-level junior officer in Houliang, responsible for garrisoning Dingyuanyi. Zhai Jingke was suave and courageous, dedicated to his duty, stood firm, repelled the attacks of the Hedong Group, persisted for more than a year, and finally sacrificed his life with honor and sacrificed his life for the country.
Zhai Jingke's fearless and unyielding spirit moved his enemy Li Siyuan. At that time, Zhai Guangye was only ten years old and very smart. Li Siyuan took him with him, taught him carefully, and gave him the word "Dingyuan" to commemorate him. Dingyuanyi where the heroic father died.
Zhai Guangye is smart, alert, taciturn, and cautious. He has never made any mistakes in work or life. He is highly valued by Li Siyuan. His "three no products" background also makes him deeply trusted by Li Siyuan, so he has been promoted many times. Entrusted with important tasks.
After Li Siyuan ascended the throne, he appointed Zhai Guangye as the imperial envoy.
Li Siyuan trusted and reused him, so he was once the target of An Zhongjie's suppression and exclusion. On the surface, Zhai Guangye accepted the situation and did not dare to resist, but in his heart he had long hated An Zhong's teachings. Now, Li Siyuan has handed over the power of life and death to An Zhongjie.
Zhai Guangye remained calm on the surface and rushed to the river as quickly as possible. No need to investigate, just kill me!
Zhai Guangye, together with Li Congzhang, led an army to surround An Chongjie's house.
Li Congzhang entered the courtyard alone. When he saw An Zhongjie, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saluted and said, "See the Grand Master."
An Zhongjie was shocked and hurriedly ran down the steps, "The Taifu (Li Congzhang's casual official is the school inspector) salutes me, it really offends me!" After saying that, he also lifted up his sleeves, knelt down and kowtowed to Li Congzhang. Return gift.
At this moment, Li Congzhang had secretly taken out the most famous hidden weapon of the Five Dynasties period - the hammer - from his sleeve. While An Zhongjie was kowtowing, he hit An Zhongjie on the back of the head, killing him with one blow.
An Chongjie's wife, Mrs. Zhang, witnessed everything on the steps. She rushed over, threw herself on An Chongjie, and shouted: "It's not too late for your father to die, why is the master so anxious?"
Li Congzhang swung the hammer and struck again, hitting Zhang in the head.
An Zhongjie and his wife fell to death on the spot, blood flowing all over the ground.
Li Congzhang stripped the couple of their clothes and exposed their bodies naked. The next day, after repeated requests from his staff, Li Congzhang agreed to cover the body with clothes.
Li Congzhang then ransacked An Zhongjie's home and found that An Zhongjie's personal property only amounted to several thousand yuan. Thousands of guan, for ordinary people, is of course an astronomical figure, but for high-ranking officials at that time - especially powerful ministers like An Zhongjie, who had more than 10,000 people under one person, this number was not too shabby, and it greatly reduced the integrity of officials!
An Chongjie and his wife died, and their two sons were also given to death. Li Siyuan ordered, "In the case of An Zhongjiao, only these four people will be killed, and the rest will not be questioned."
Mainstream historians do not have a high opinion of An Chongjie. They basically say that he was headstrong, unworthy of morality, ambitious and narrow-minded, and that he was to blame for his tragic death in the end. Although he was loyal to the emperor and patriotic and took it as his mission to unify the world, he ignored the objective facts and ran to death.
Of course, there are bright spots, but overall, the faults outweigh the merits. Guo Chongtao during Li Cunxu's period could beat him eighteen times.
In fact, he has the potential to become Wei Zheng.
When Li Siyuan ascended the throne, Xiazhou Jiedushi Li Renfu offered a white eagle, but An Chongjie refused to accept it and reprimanded the envoy with the painful lesson of Li Cunxu's defeat, "Emperor Zhuangzong died because of his obsession with hunting. Yes, now that the new master has ascended the throne, he is giving this as a gift!" The next day, after Li Siyuan found out, he publicly praised An Zhongjiao, but then privately sent people to chase the Xiazhou envoy, secretly wanted Bai Ying back, and secretly sent him back a few days later. He took it to hunt in the suburbs, and cautiously told his entourage: "Shut up, don't let An Zhongjie know!"
Do you look like a primary school student who sneaks to an Internet cafe behind his parents' back?
What is slightly controversial is An Chongjie's attitude towards Li Congke. It can be said that An Chongjie wanted to kill Li Congke at all costs, and was eventually killed for this. Why does he hate Li Congke so much? Is it really because he was punched at the wine table many years ago?
According to official historical records, An Zhongjiao told Li Siyuan earnestly that Li Congke would rebel in the future. After Li Siyuan's death, Li Congke successfully rebelled and became emperor.
It is said that before his death, An Chongjie publicly expressed his greatest regret in his life, "I am ready to die, and I wish I could get rid of King Lu with the country!"
However, we cannot review it from God’s perspective, shooting the arrow first and then drawing the target. How did An Chongjiao know that Li Congke would rebel? Did you see the rebellion in the back of his head, or was it because of his "adopted son" status?
Before Li Siyuan's "rebellion", Guo Chongtao also encouraged Li Cunxu to kill Li Siyuan on the grounds that Li Siyuan would rebel in the future.
Whether he is a prophet, a promoter or a catalyst is a matter of opinion.
Although An Chongjie once dominated the government and the public and was famous all over the world, in terms of influence, An Chongjie has surpassed Wang Chongshi in the early Later Liang Dynasty and Guo Chongtao in the Li Cunxu period. However, An Chongjie's death did not cause turmoil. On the contrary, the core power circle of the Later Tang Dynasty became more harmonious, and the external environment of the Later Tang Dynasty became stable as a result.
It's not very harmful, it's very insulting. This is the biggest mockery of An Zhongjia.
An Chongjie died, and the Wuyue Kingdom returned to the embrace of the Later Tang Dynasty, because the previous severance of diplomatic relations was due to An Chongjie's correction of the imperial edict;
An Zhongjie died, and the war between Sichuan and Sichuan was over, because the war was started by An Zhongjie as a "false imperial edict";
An Zhongjie died, and everything got better, because An Zhongjie made all the mistakes...
The war between Sichuan and Sichuan ended with the failure of the imperial court. Not only did it fail to cut off the feudal vassal, but it also lost the land of Langzhou Baoning Army, Suizhou Wuxin Army, Qianzhou Wutai Army, Kuizhou Ningjiang Army, Shannan East Road and other lands... The range of strength has doubled, almost returning to the territory of former Shu.
The imperial court sacrificed An Zhongjiao and submitted certificates of surrender to the two Sichuan provinces, asking Su Yuan, an official in Xichuan, and Liu Cheng, an official in Dongchuan, to return to their respective towns as peace liaison envoys.
Meng Zhixiang was very happy to learn that all his relatives in Luoyang were safe and sound. Moreover, the strategic goal had been achieved, and it was time to shift the focus of work to digesting vested interests. So he sent an envoy to visit Dongchuan and asked Dong Zhang to go to Shu to express his gratitude and draw a successful end to the war between the two Sichuan.
Dong Zhang's nose was almost crooked with anger, "Thank you? You, Meng Zhixiang, can thank you, but what kind of kindness can I, Dong Zhang, thank you for? Your entire family, Meng Zhixiang, has done nothing wrong, but I have been exterminated!"
Subsequently, the relationship between the two Sichuan instantly dropped to a freezing point, and the two sides returned to their former tenseness from being good friends in times of need.
Meng Zhixiang was not unaware that Dong Guangye, Dong Zhang's son, had killed his entire family, nor was he blinded by Li Siyuan's reconciliation edict.
Meng Zhixiang is playing a big game of chess.
