After nearly three months of rest, Shi Chonggui completed the revision of the central government's line through a mild political purge. He focused the next phase of military work on the suppression of Yang Guangyuan in Qingzhou and achieved initial results. A fire.
Although natural disasters continued unabated and people fled and starved to death in large numbers, in general, the Later Jin Dynasty still survived this round of disasters tenaciously.
Shi Chonggui was quite satisfied with this, so on July 1, he went to the Chongyuan Hall and announced the amnesty and the change of Yuan Dynasty, and changed the ninth year of Tianfu to the first year of good luck. The country is about to have good luck.
As a result, he was struck by lightning and his head was chopped off. Hundreds of people in the capital were killed by lightning.
Shi Chonggui released Jing Yanguang and promoted Sang Weihan, Li Song, He Ning, Liu Xu and others. It seems that the "pro-Liao faction" has once again occupied the high ground of the civil service group. However, what is interesting is that the "anti-Liao faction" is not anti-Liao, and the "pro-Liao faction" is not pro-Liao, which is both incredible and reasonable.
According to historical records, Jing Yanguang was frightened out of his wits during the Battle of Qicheng. The Khitan cavalry rushed to Jing Yanguang's camp, provoked the enemy and scolded them, and called Jing Yanguang by name to come out and gesticulate, "Don't you have a hundred thousand people sharpening their swords and looking for us to fight? We are here, come out!" "
Jing Yanguang, the keyboard tycoon, immediately became a coward and closed the village door tightly, not daring to challenge. Cowardice was also one of the reasons why he refused to save Gao Xingzhou and others. This is also a common problem of all keyboard warriors since ancient times.
Sang Weihan, who has always been regarded as a "pro-Liao element", showed his firm belief in struggle and proactive resistance measures.
More than three months after returning to the highest level of power in the central government, Shi Chonggui formulated the "Fifteen Generals of Yu Liao" with the help of Sang Weihan. Take a look at this mighty and domineering list:
Liu Zhiyuan, Du Chongwei, Zhang Congen, Jing Yanguang, Zhao Zaili, An Shuqian, An Shenxin, An Shenqi, Fu Yanqing, Huangfu Yu, Zhang Yanze, Wang Tingyin, Song Yanyun, Tian Wu, Pan Huan.
At first glance, this list seems to have been drawn up by politicians, because it contains the political wisdom of balancing various hills and taking care of the forces of all parties.
The most convincing person is Jing Yanguang. The second is a hidden clue, that is Liu Zhiyuan.
Liu Zhiyuan was appointed as the "Capital Commander of the Northern Expedition" and the Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Expedition, ranking first among the "Fifteen Generals of the Liao Dynasty". However, he was not actually given corresponding real power. He was a commander-in-chief in name only, and the relevant military decisions were not made. You can avoid him. Liu Zhiyuan felt deeply isolated and excluded. Clearly, he was under suspicion.
To promote Liu Zhiyuan to a very high position, but only in name only, is important but not useful. This is a political trick that kills three birds with one stone.
First of all, Liu Zhiyuan is a direct confidant of Shi Jingtang. He serves as a minister and is highly respected. If Shi Chonggui excludes him from the core circle of power, especially from the core of the military system, it will chill the hearts of all the meritorious officials and make people pessimistic. And sighing in despair that "one emperor and one minister", public opinion is not good for Shi Chonggui;
Secondly, if one day Shi Chonggui really needs Liu Zhiyuan to come out, it will not be embarrassing and Liu Zhiyuan will not take Qiao and raise the price.
Third, the troops assembled in the Hebei area can either go north to resist the Khitan, or go west to conquer Hedong. He calls me brother and touches him with his hands.
Although Shi Chonggui was already suspicious of Liu Zhiyuan and deliberately alienated him, Liu Zhiyuan still topped the list of the "Fifteen Generals of Yu Liao". This is the political wisdom of Shi Chonggui and Sang Weihan.
Shi Chonggui's suspicion of Liu Zhiyuan was not groundless, nor was it a simple matter of "one emperor and one courtier." During the Battle of Qicheng, Liu Zhiyuan repeatedly resisted and disobeyed orders, which made it impossible for the Later Jin Dynasty to complete the strategic encirclement of the main Khitan forces.
Now, Liu Zhiyuan suddenly felt an unprecedented fear, because the imperial court was deploying troops and generals in Hebei for an official reason - to resist the Khitan, and was conducting an unprecedented military mobilization. Shi Chonggui avoided Liu Zhiyuan on a series of key issues such as deployment, and Liu Zhiyuan knew nothing about it.
The Khitans are gone, so... who knows that Shi Chonggui is not targeting him? As long as Shi Chonggui gives an order, the army in Hebei can divide into multiple groups to encircle Taiyuan.
Thinking about it carefully, Liu Zhiyuan could not sleep or eat well.
His confidant general Guo Wei analyzed and planned for him and believed that he should preserve his strength and segregate Hedong. Because the Hedong area is one of the few places in the Central Plains that can produce a large number of war horses, and the terrain is dangerous and the people are strong. Both Li Keyong and Shi Jingtang ascended to the throne here, so it is best for Liu Zhiyuan not to participate in the Shandong battlefield. To the west of the Taihang Mountains, there is a wretched development, don't be lazy.
After the list of the "Fifteen Generals of the Liao Dynasty" was announced, a highly respected official from the frontier suddenly came to the court to express his dissatisfaction, saying that he was not too old and could still serve the country. Why was he not on the list? ? What does the imperial court mean?
This person is Feng Hui, the military envoy of Shuofang Army in Lingzhou. He is a character who is not well-known but has a high appearance rate. He is our most unfamiliar old acquaintance. Not only does he have a very high appearance rate, but he also appears in major historical events, and he is the thousand-year-old sidekick who stands next to the male lead in key scenes. He was there, but no one paid attention to him.
Here, we might as well briefly review Comrade Feng Hui’s personal resume. I believe most people will sincerely say “Wow, it’s him!”
Feng Hui, a native of Weizhou, was born in the reign of Emperor Zhaozong of the Tang Dynasty. He joined the army when he was young and became a captain under Yang Shihou, the military governor of Weibo. He was incorporated into the famous "Silver Spear Effective Festival Capital".
When Zhuangzong entered the Wei Dynasty, Li Cunxu annexed Wei Bo and transformed Yinqianxiaojiedu into his own pro-military guard. Feng Hui therefore switched to serving the Hedong Group and participated in the confrontation between Liang and Jin along the river.
Because he suspected that the wages in Hedong were meager, he took advantage of others' unpreparedness and fled to the south bank, rejoined the army of Houliang, and was incorporated into the subordinates of "Wang Tiejian" Wang Yanzhang.
"Zhuangzong entered Bian", Comrade Feng Hui was at the top of the liquidation list of Hedong Group. Feng Hui voluntarily surrendered, and Li Cunxu pardoned him.
Feng Hui used practical actions to repay Li Cunxu's kindness of not killing him. First, he followed Li Siyuan to put down the Luzhou rebellion and captured the leader Yang Li alive. The next year, he followed Li Jiji and Guo Chongtao to conquer Shu, and was awarded the title of governor of Kuizhou for his merits.
As soon as he took office, he caught up with Gao Jichang in southern Jingnan and robbed Kui, Zhong, Wan and other prefectures by force. Feng Hui held on to the city and defeated Gao Jichang repeatedly.
During the Ming Dynasty, it was changed to the governor of Xingzhou. Just after taking office, two Sichuan rebelled. Dong Zhang of Dongchuan and Meng Zhixiang of Xichuan joined forces to rebel. The rebels attacked Xingzhou. Feng Hui was outnumbered and was forced to flee to Fengxiang. He was punished by the court and demoted to Tongzhou, where he worked as a government official and was promoted from the mayor to a junior clerk.
