In November of the third year of Tianfu (938), Shi Jingtang granted Yang Guangyuan the rank of Taiwei, Luoyang Remainer, and Heyang Jiedushi. He sentenced the guards of the Sixth Army and transferred him from Weizhou to Luoyang.
At the same time, Weizhou was promoted to the capital of Ye, and left-behind officials were appointed (for the sake of narrative continuity, the title of "Weizhou" was always maintained); the three states of Xiang, Wei, and Chan that originally belonged to Wei Bo's army were separated, and the Zhangde army was established. Xiangzhou was the administrative seat; Beizhou, Bozhou, and Jizhou, which originally belonged to the Wei Bo Army, were separated, and the Yongqing Army was set up, with Beizhou as the administrative seat.
In fact, the original Wei Bo Army was dismembered into three relatively independent military towns, and its power was greatly weakened. Shi Jingtang also promoted Chanzhou to a defensive state and moved the state government south to Deshengdu, moving the entire state southward to avoid potential threats from the Khitan in the north and strengthen strategic depth.
It can be seen that in the "Split Weibo" plan provided by Sang Weihan, it is not just aimed at the small Yang Guangyuan, but also takes a long-term view to prepare for the possible "Battle of Shanxi and Liao" in the future. prepare for.
Therefore, we need to emphasize again that "pro-Liao" officials such as Sang Weihan cannot be completely equated with "traitors". Their political proposition is "pro-Liao", which is a dovish diplomacy based on the interests of the later Jin Dynasty. , its purpose is to keep a low profile and ultimately defeat the Khitan so that Shi Jingtang and his later Jin regime can stand and make money. Sang Weihan is close to Liao, but he is by no means an expert on Liao.
Yang Guangyuan hated Sang Weihan even more, and things that made him hate him even more happened one after another:
Yang Guangyuan's younger brother Liu Churang was promoted to Privy Council. Just six months later, Liu Churang's mother passed away. Liu Churang could only resign as usual and go home to worry about his mother.
"Ear-cutting righteous man" Liu Churang's "Yang faction" is Yang Guangyuan's younger brother in the central government. So Shi Jingtang knocked on the mountain to shock the tiger, and first used Liu Chuyi to cut off Yang Guangyuan's wings.
Shi Jingtang ordered that the Privy Council be abolished and the seals be handed over to Zhongshu Sheng for safekeeping. The work of the original Privy Council was separately responsible for the prime ministers. The establishment of "private envoys" was abolished, and the power was taken over by the prime ministers... Isn't this still the core of the prime minister and privy envoys? Changing the soup does not change the medicine. The only thing that has changed is that Liu Churang, who returned from Ding You, suddenly found himself Got laid off.
Yang Guangyuan could no longer sit still, so he met with Shi Jingtang and accused Sang Weihan face to face of manipulating power, alienating monarchs and ministers, pretending to be public for personal gain, and competing for profits with the people...
It is said that Sang Weihan's family opened hotels and other commercial establishments in Luoyang and other places. During the feudal period, officials went to sea to do business, which was a downgrade attack on private industry and commerce, that is, "competing with the people for profit", which was very despised by the scholars.
Under great pressure from Yang Guangyuan, Shi Jingtang finally released Sang Weihan and appointed him as the military governor of Xiangzhou Zhangde Army.
After Sang Weihan arrived in Xiangzhou, he got rid of a bad habit of confiscating criminals' property. As mentioned before, anyone who commits a crime will have all their property confiscated. It is said that this is an old custom in the Heshuo area. Sang Weihan felt that it was inappropriate, and there was no law in the country to support this barbaric and brutal behavior, so he petitioned to stop.
Shi Jingtang was very happy, so he played it accurately and issued an edict in praise:
"Sangwei Hanzuo has accomplished all his merits and deeds, and he has paid great attention to the army. He has recounted the past events of one place and complied with the general rules of the world... Hearing the good words of the general and prime minister has become a beautiful thing for the country. It is both kingly and truly understands the hearts of the people... All the states in the world This applies to all of them.”
You did a very ordinary thing, and the leader held a general meeting to praise you, with many words of praise, and called on all employees in the group to learn from you. What does this mean? Classmate Yang Guangyuan, please translate. What does this mean? Please translate for me, what is this explanation?
Shi Jingtang drastically reshuffled the Heshuo area, and his target was not just Yang Guangyuan. An Chongrong, the governor of Zhenzhou Chengde Army, also showed signs of rebellion. Shi Jingtang's dismemberment of Wei Bo killed two birds with one stone.
The reorganization of the Heshuo area is not limited to administrative division. Accompanying the administrative division reform is a series of dizzying orders to move towns:
Transferred Qingzhou Jiedushi Wang Jianli to Luzhou Jiedushi;
Transferred Luzhou Jiedu envoy Huangfu Yu to Jinzhou Jiedu envoy;
Transferring Jinzhou Jiedushi Li Dejun to stay in Taiyuan;
Transferred An Yanwei, who was left behind in Taiyuan, as Songzhou's military envoy;
Liu Zhiyuan, the governor of Songzhou, was transferred to stay in Weizhou.
Qingzhou, Luzhou, Jinzhou, Taiyuan, Songzhou, and Weizhou, turn left and move in unison, and the six towns move to each other.
Among them, Liu Zhiyuan was in charge of Weizhou, replacing Yang Guangyuan; Huangfu Yu's transfer was aimed at An Chongrong.
Huangfu Yu was originally stationed in the Dingzhou Yiwu Army, and became his son and daughter-in-law with An Chongrong, the Chengde Army in Zhenzhou. Zhenzhou and Dingzhou have been closely related to each other for more than a hundred years. The two towns were married and formed a rivalry, which Shi Jingtang was deeply troubled by. So Huangfu Yu was first moved to Luzhou. Luzhou and Zhenzhou were separated by the Taihang Mountains. The natural danger of the Taihang Mountains blocked the contact between the two. Then he was quickly transferred to Jinzhou further west, leaving the two with almost no communication. possible.
While dividing Wei Bo, Shi Jingtang also delimited Jizhou, which was under the control of Zhenzhou Chengde Army, reducing the jurisdiction of Chengde Army from four states to three states.
In addition, the hometown Shi Jingtang established as king was Liaozhou. In order to show his favor, Liaozhou and Qinzhou were specially allocated to Luzhou Zhaoyi Army. Among them, Qinzhou is a state affiliated with Jinzhou Jianxiong Army, which means that it snatched a piece of meat from Huangfu Yu's mouth and once again weakened Huangfu Yu's power.
This was not over yet. Shi Jingtang continued to upgrade this major personnel change, applied Hebei's successful experience to the south of the Yellow River, and made plans for Xiangzhou and Anzhou.
An Congjin, the military governor of Shannan East Road in Xiangzhou, and Li Jinquan, the military governor of Anyuan Army in Anzhou, were also unsettling factors for the empire and were eliminated early.
In the above-mentioned personnel transfer, the closed loop was not completed. The six towns went around a circle with gaps. In the end, Yang Guangyuan from Weizhou went to Luoyang, but no one filled the beginning of Qingzhou. Now, Shi Jingtang has to fill the loopholes.
In order to avoid embarrassment, Shi Jingtang first sent people to Xiangzhou to test An Congjin's tone. He revealed to him that Qingzhou Jiedu was vacant and asked him if he would like to move to Qingzhou.
An Congjin's answer was ridiculous: "Don't move the town, let's play 'township'."
The envoy was confused. What kind of "suppression and movement" method could be used?
"If the emperor moves Qingzhou to Hannan, I will go to town."
An Congjin put the Qiankun Shift to shame, expressing his attitude to Shi Jingtang in this way.
In order to avoid forcing him to rebel, Shi Jingtang did not dare to issue an order to move the town. Then, he set his sights on Anzhou. Anzhou Li Jinquan was just a small Forbidden Army general with a small army and few generals. He only took control of Anzhou after pacifying Wang Hui's rebellion, so his foothold was not stable. There is no need to be polite with him.
Shi Jingtang issued an edict: Ma Quanjie, the envoy of the Henghai Navy in Cangzhou, would be the envoy of the Anyuan Army in Anzhou.
What he didn't expect was that the powerful seed players Yang Guangyuan, An Chongrong, and An Congjin of the rebel group were still gearing up, but it was the weak Li Jinquan who took the lead and became a rising star in the rebellion world.
