When the news of Zhao Dejun's surrender came, Mi Qiong, Dong Wenqi's confidant, immediately launched a mutiny, expelled Li Yanqi, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, killed the commander-in-chief Hu Zhang, took control of Zhenzhou, and then led troops to raid Dong Wenqi's home and raided it. The whole family was slaughtered, a big hole was dug and they were hastily buried, and the money Dong Wenqi had accumulated over the years was taken for himself. Then he reported to Shi Jingtang's new court, saying that the army had rebelled and Dong Wenqi's family had been killed. I had taken control of the situation and restored order in the town. Please appoint me as the governor of the town to suppress the ground.
According to historical records, Mi Qiong claimed to be the queen.
How much money did Mi Qiong occupy from Dong Wenqi? The specific number cannot be verified. Historical records only say that it is an astronomical figure. Dong Wenqi was "corrupt and violent during his tenure and accumulated tens of thousands of dollars", which means that he probably accumulated several small goals.
This huge sum of money should be the most famous sum of money in Chinese history, because they seem to be subject to some kind of curse. Anyone who covets this money and owns it will not end well. Starting from Dong Wenqi, it killed five owners in a row. The whereabouts of this money and these five unlucky guys will be revealed later.
In the second year of Tianfu (937), Shi Jingtang appointed Mi Qiong as the defense envoy of Qizhou (now Jinan City, Shandong Province), and An Chongrong as the military governor of Zhenzhou Chengde Army. Regarding An Chongrong, there will be a long description in the following article, so we will skip it for now and just talk about Mi Qiong and Fan Yanguang.
Shi Jingtang sent people to Zhenzhou to analyze the pros and cons for Mi Qiong, and persuaded him to obey the organizational orders and go to Qizhou to take up his post. In the past, Shi Jingtang spoke earnestly and sincerely, and in the later, An Chongrong led the army to "convince people with reason." Mi Qiong had no choice but to accept the arrangement of moving the town and went to Qizhou obediently.
The most convenient route from Zhenzhou to Qizhou is to go south from Zhenzhou and via Weibo. This was also the choice of Hedong forces when they went south to aid "Yan Yun Er Zhu" many times. Now, Mi Qiong also wants to "take advantage of Weibo". The person in charge of Weibo is none other than Fan Yanguang.
During the Hedong War, Fan Yanguang, the governor of Wei Bo, was ordered by Li Congke to lead his troops to support him. He and Zhao Dejun were at odds with each other. Then Zhao Dejun and his son were defeated. Fan Yanguang could not stand alone, so he hurriedly returned to the Weizhou base camp to watch the development of the situation.
It should be noted that Fan Yanguang did not surrender to the Khitan at this time, nor did he go to Luoyang King Qin to rescue him. Between Shi Jingtang and Li Congke, he also chose to wait and see. It's just that he is not strong enough to compete with Shi Jingtang and Zhao Dejun, nor is he strong enough to be a traitor, so he chooses the safest strategy: to keep Wei Bo and separate Wei Bo.
The Khitan never dared to cross the Taihang Mountains, and after a brief rest in Luzhou, they returned to the northern grasslands. However, Li Congke, who was at the end of his rope, chose to self-immolate and die for his country. Shi Jingtang took over Luoyang, changed the country to Ding, and changed the name of the country to the Jin Dynasty.
Fan Yanguang is still hesitant, because he is not only the only remaining leader of the "powerful faction" in the previous dynasty, but he is also related to Li Congke. Li Congke's prince Li Chongmei married Fan Yanguang's daughter.
Fan Yanguang carefully analyzed the situation at home and abroad, repeatedly compared the strengths of the three parties (the Central Committee, Wei Bo, and Khitan), and after repeated war games, he finally came to a conclusion: It is better to bow to Shi Jingtang and Xu Tu to plan later.
Therefore, after other vassal towns in the world had submitted their seals to Luoyang, declaring their allegiance, Wei Bo and Fan Yanguang's congratulatory petition came belatedly (later the princes arrived).
At this time, the monarch and his ministers had a tacit understanding of each other's suspicions. In order to show his trust, Shi Jingtang made Fan Yanguang the Duke of Qin, and granted him a real title, to appease his heart.
At this time, Fan Yanguang is no longer the original Fan Yanguang.
There was a "master" named Zhang Sheng next to Fan Yanguang, who was deeply favored. The reason is that when Fan Yanguang was still a little-known low-level military academy, Zhang Sheng gave him a face and then declared that he would be rich in the future. Fan Yanguang was convinced of this, so he took Zhang Sheng with him and waited on him carefully. As he rose through the ranks, he reached the level of general and prime minister, and even became in-laws with the emperor. Then he remembered Zhang Sheng's story. prediction, so I believed even more in this "Lu Yongzhi" master.
On a certain day of a certain year, Fan Yanguang told Zhang Sheng that he had a strange dream and couldn't figure out what it was about, so he asked Zhang Banxian to interpret the dream.
According to Fan Yanguang, he dreamed that a snake penetrated into his belly from his navel. When the snake was halfway through, he grabbed its tail and pulled it out. What was this sign?
Zhang Sheng quickly congratulated him, saying that the snake represents the dragon. If a snake enters the belly, it certainly means that you will become the emperor!
According to historical records, "Yanguang naturally had the intention of stealing"; "therefore he had quite different ambitions".
It happened that Mi Qiong launched a mutiny in Zhenzhou and claimed that Zhenzhou became the German army to stay behind. In Fan Yanguang's view, this was an excellent opportunity to form an alliance, because at this time Mi Qiong was bound to please his neighbors and obtain everyone's recommendation in order to force the court to recognize its control over Zhenzhou. If you send him an olive branch at this time, he will definitely be moved and thank God.
Therefore, Fan Yanguang took the initiative to express his goodwill to Mi Qiong, saying that as a powerful leader with prestige, qualifications, a strong voice in the court, territory, and an army, as your friendly neighbor, he is willing to win over you. Bundle. As for the conditions, it is to form a secret small group to establish a "Daheshuo Co-Prosperity Sphere" with Heshuo as the core.
The Heshuo area has a unique geographical environment, with the majestic Taihang Mountains to the west, the rapid Yellow River to the south, the Bohai Bay to the east, and the Great Wall of Mountains to the north, with only a small opening at Yuguan in the northeast. The gap borders Saibei grassland. Therefore, after the mid-Tang Dynasty, the central court lost control of the Heshuo area.
The biggest dream of the regional strongmen in Hebei, such as Liu Rengong and Liu Shouguang, is to unify Hebei and revive the glory of Heshuo.
Now, Fan Yanguang also proposed this strategic blueprint to Mi Qiong.
I thought that Mi Qiong, a new upstart in the feudal circle, would rush to hug him. Contrary to Fan Yanguang's expectation, Mi Qiong was unmoved and accepted Fan Yanguang's letters, but replied to all of them without saying he agreed. , and don’t say anything against it.
Fan Yanguang was angry and frightened, and the secret letter was ironclad evidence of his rebellion! What does Mi Qiong want to do?
Without the recommendation of a big boss like Fan Yanguang, Shi Jingtang easily rejected Mi Qiong's request to stay as a queen, appointed him as Qizhou Defense Envoy, sent General An Chongrong to take over, and also requested the Khitan Youzhou Jiedu Envoy Zhao Siwen sent troops to assist.
Under military threat, Mi Qiong accepted the appointment, and then packed up all the family property and took it away. This gold and silver treasure was Dong Wenqi's cursed money.
Fan Yanguang secretly sent elite cavalry to ambush near the border. When Mi Qiong's convoy passed by, the ambush troops came out, killed Mi Qiong and silenced him. He took all the cursed gold and silver treasure as his own, and then went to the imperial court to say that it was When the patrol was arresting a bandit, they mistakenly thought Mi Qiong who happened to be passing by was a bandit and killed him. It was really a misunderstanding. Please forgive me.
