After Shuozhou was pacified, Yelu Deguang began to seriously consider intervening in Zhenzhou affairs. At this time, Shi Jingtang sent An Chongrong's head to him. By the way, an envoy was sent to congratulate Yelu Deguang on the pacification of Shuozhou. As long as you don't feel disgusted, others will be disgusted.
According to the records in "History of Liao", Yelu Deguang wanted to send troops to intervene in the Zhenzhou War many times. The moment he received An Chongrong's head, the relevant issues were stopped.
However, Yelu Deguang was unwilling to let it go. He secretly instructed his followers to carefully find an excuse to go south. They found it easily, Tuyuhun!
Tuyuhun had been seduced by An Chongrong and defected to the Later Jin Dynasty. Afterwards, Shi Jingtang sent troops to hunt down these stowaways and extradite them back to Khitan. For this, he was under huge pressure from domestic public opinion and sent heavy gifts to Khitan. His attitude was extremely He explained and communicated humbly and sincerely apologized to the Khitan, and this was how he gained the Khitan's understanding.
Yelu Deguang wanted to find a reason to go south, so he brought up old things again, retold what had already happened, mobilized a large army, and made plans to go south on the pretext of pursuing the Tuyuhun traitors.
The story of the Khitan's march to the south will be described in detail later, but here I will briefly explain the background. As mentioned above, Shi Jingtang has always been wary of the Khitan, and this is his reason. The Khitan has always coveted the Central Plains. Fat meat.
Before the outbreak of the Zhenzhou War, Sang Weihan once secretly visited Shi Jingtang. In his letter, he reminded Shi Jingtang with the allusions of "Slowly Hidden Teach Robbers" and "Courageous Man Closes Close". The meanings of these two idioms are "the treasure is not hidden enough." , is to induce others to steal." "Even if there are warriors guarding it, the door of the warehouse must be closed tightly."
As a core figure of the "pro-Liao faction", Sang Weihan advised Shi Jingtang to maintain a clear understanding of "pro-Liao" and keep the alarm bell ringing. Because the imperialists are determined to subjugate themselves, we must always remain vigilant against the Khitan people and do Be prepared for armed confrontation.
Shi Jingtang and Yelv Deguang had a tacit understanding and were wary of each other in private, but still wanted to be as close as father and son in public. Later Jin and Khitan sent envoys to each other to congratulate each other on successfully suppressing the rebellion and safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity. Yelv Deguang also specially sent an envoy to wish Shi Jingtang a happy birthday (February 28).
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, during the Lantern Festival, Shi Jingtang went out of the palace to enjoy the lanterns and have fun with the people. He played until late at night and returned home having fun. He is really happy.
Within a few days of being happy, something annoying and disgusting happened that left Shi Jingtang with nowhere to hide: someone came to the capital to redress his grievances and file a complaint against the emperor. The aggrieved person was Zhang Duo, the father of Zhang Shi, the governor of Jingzhou, who sued Zhang Yanze, the governor of Jingzhou.
Shi Jingtang was distraught, "It's Zhang Yanze again!" Then he transferred Heyang Jiedushi Wang Zhou to Jingzhou Jiedushi, and replaced Zhang Yanze back to the central government.
April 1st is another solar eclipse. As usual, Shi Jingtang avoided the main hall and ignored the court. What is quite surprising is that the solar eclipse did not appear as scheduled, so hundreds of officials came to express their congratulations. My emperor, long live the Mingjun Holy Lord, moved the heavens and deserved congratulations (it was a day when the sun was not losing, so all the officials came to express their congratulations) .
Shi Jingtang was filled with joy and excitement, and issued an order to the Jiedu envoys and governors on both sides of the Yellow River to serve as embankment envoys. They must manage the Yellow River well, reduce the losses caused by the Yellow River flooding, and let the people feel the warmth of the Mingjun and the Lord.
At this time, Comrade Zheng Yiyi, the right remonstrating official, made two memorials in a row, impeaching Zhang Yanze, the former military governor of Jingzhou Zhangyi Army. Zheng Yiyi was the nephew of Zheng Congchen, the prime minister of the Xizong Dynasty of the Tang Dynasty. Zheng Congchen shone brightly during the Huangchao Rebellion mentioned above. Together with the prime minister Zheng Tian, he was known as the "Two Zhengs". He was the prime minister who made great achievements in fighting against pornography.
When he saw "Zhang Yanze", Shi Jingtang couldn't help but frown, and threw the memorial on his desk as if he had eaten a fly, ignoring it.
A few days later, Li Tao and Zhang Lin, lieutenants of the Ministry of Punishment, and Malin, Wang Xi, members of the Ministry of Punishment, jointly petitioned and submitted a joint memorial standing outside the palace gate, still impeaching Zhang Yanze.
Who is this Zhang Yanze, and what has he committed that would make Shi Jingtang have such an attitude?
Zhang Yanze's ancestors were Turks, and later moved to the Yinshan area, and then to Taiyuan. Both generations of his father and ancestors were generals in the Yinshan Mansion. Zhang Yanze lived up to his family tradition and was good at riding and shooting. He followed Li Cunxu and Li Siyuan successively, and was promoted through meritorious service.
After Shi Jingtang became emperor, he was promoted to the governor of Caozhou. Following Yang Guangyuan, he participated in putting down Fan Yanguang's rebellion in Weizhou, and was promoted to the military governor of Huazhou Town for his merit, and later moved to Jingzhou Zhangyi Army.
Appearances come from the heart. Zhang Yanze’s appearance is very distinctive. His eyes are yellow and have luminous special effects. They are like wild beasts, and looking at them is terrifying. His character is also cruel and murderous, like a crazy beast.
How cruel is he? He went crazy and even killed his own son.
His son did not inherit his brutal and cruel character, but was gentler and kinder. Zhang Yanze was very angry about this, thinking that the tiger father had fathered a dog son, so he often beat him severely and even planned to kill him. The son was so frightened that he fled to Qizhou (today's Jinan City, Shandong Province). The officials in Qizhou did not dare to take him in, so they sent him to the capital and asked Shi Jingtang to look after him.
Shi Jingtang returned the unfortunate child to Zhang Yanze.
Zhang Yanze caught the excuse, so he wrote a memorial to impeach his son in the name of "defection", and hoped that the court would allow him to "kill relatives out of justice" and allow him to kill this traitorous son.
The person responsible for helping Zhang Yanze draft the memorial was his chief adviser (Secretary-in-Chief) Zhang Shi. When Zhang Shi heard what Zhang Yanze meant, he hurriedly advised him, saying that if a tiger is poisoned, it will not eat its seeds.
"Don't worry about our family's affairs! If you are asked to write, you will write. It's not like I want to kill your son. Can you take care of it?"
Zhang Shi refused to draft and tried his best to dissuade him.
Zhang Yanze was furious and took out the precious eagle bow. "Then I will kill you first!" He drew the bow and fired an arrow. Zhang Shi fled in a hurry and escaped with his life.
Zhang Shi is Zhang Yanze's chief think tank, and because of the same surname, he is trusted by Zhang Yanze, and all major military and political affairs are left to Zhang Shi to handle. However, Zhang Shi was upright, upright, and honest as an official, so he offended many villains. Seeing that Zhang Shi angered Zhang Yanze, these villains took the opportunity to frame him and ran to Zhang Yanze to chew his tongue.
After Zhang Shi heard about it, he knew that a disaster was about to happen, so he claimed that he was ill and wanted to go abroad for medical treatment, and then fled overnight with his wife, children, and children.
Zhang Yanze immediately sent his generals to pursue him and told them: "If Zhang Shi refuses to come back with you, you can bring his head back."
Officials along the way sympathized with Zhang Shi's experience, secretly released the city gates, and sent people to Pizhou. Li Zhou, the governor of the Jingnan Army in Pizhou, went to the court to ask for instructions on what to do.
Shi Jingtang appeased Zhang Yanze, so he issued an edict to exile Zhang Shi to Shangzhou. Although it is an exile, it is actually a kind of protection for Zhang Shi.
