Under Du Chongwei's frenzied efforts, a large number of people in Zhenzhou fled into exile, so someone reminded him to restrain himself appropriately, otherwise he would be the only one left in Zhenzhou.
One day, Du Chongwei was strolling in a bustling market. He pointed at the few pedestrians and said to the people around him: "There are still a lot of people here. Why are the rumors saying that I forced all the people away?"
During the Shanxi-Liao War, whenever there was a disturbance, Du Chongwei would use the excuse to strengthen border defense forces and allocate money to the people and officials. The money of the poor and the money of the rich were all my Du Chongwei's money.
As long as he discovers that a rich family has rare treasures, beautiful concubines, and BMWs, Du Chongwei will use all kinds of means to rob them. His most common trick is to arrest the person, fabricate some charges, and kill him. Then take over all the family property and beautiful women.
Whenever a Khitan army entered the country, even if only a few dozen cavalry scouts came to investigate, Du Chongwei would immediately close the city gates and huddle in the city, not daring to fight.
Obviously, the previous counter-insurgency wars were really only led by masters, who were only responsible for lying down and gaining experience.
Over time, the Khitan people also looked down upon Du Chongwei, who was as timid as a mouse and regarded wealth as life. Sometimes, a few Khitan cavalry escorted hundreds of Han people and walked northward under Zhenzhou City, deliberately provoking Du Chongwei. The captured Han people raised their heads to the city wall and shouted and begged, but Du Chongwei just stretched his neck, stared, and watched calmly, allowing his people to be taken to the grassland to be slaves.
At any time, retreating will only lead to the abuser getting worse. Du Chongwei's almost cruel indifference and cowardice did not win the mercy of the invaders. The Khitans even more unscrupulously harmed the people of Zhenzhou. They burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of evil wherever they went. Many villages were ruthlessly massacred. Historical records record: " Thousands of miles away, the bones are as violent as the wild, and the villages are completely wiped out."
The Hebei area was the main battlefield of the two battles, especially the Chengde Army in Zhenzhou, thousands of miles of no-man's land, mountains of corpses and seas of blood, which was extremely miserable. The people hated Du Chongwei deeply, and their hatred for Du Chongwei even exceeded their hatred for the Khitan people.
Du Chongwei knew this well. He was frightened to death. He was afraid of the Khitans who could go south at any time, and he was also afraid of the Zhenzhou people who would rise up. So he kept going to the court and asking to go to the Hajj, hoping to escape from this land of right and wrong as soon as possible.
Since the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the separatist situation of vassal towns gradually formed and spread rapidly, and the entry of vassal towns into the dynasty became the most desired thing for the emperor. But under normal circumstances, if a warlord in a feudal town offers to go to the central government for pilgrimage, the emperor still has to politely decline or disapprove with an edict, in order to prove to the feudal town that the court has no suspicion of him and appease his emotions, because in most cases The minister from the vassal town went to Beijing to report on his duties, which was a kind of test for the imperial court. If the emperor agreed immediately, the vassal town would most likely rebel immediately.
There is only one situation for warlords in a feudal town who sincerely want to come to the capital for pilgrimage, and that is if they encounter a mutiny, or there is a huge risk of mutiny, and they cannot stay any longer and have no choice but to seek asylum from the central government.
Of course Shi Chonggui had to refuse the imperial edict. Comrade Du Chongwei is loyal to the emperor and patriotic. He trusts you very much in the organization and cannot do without you at the local level. There is no need to come all the way to Beijing to report the work in person. If necessary, just send a young comrade to help. Just one click.
However, Du Chongwei really did not dare to stay for a minute longer. Without the emperor's permission, he skipped work without permission, left Zhenzhou with his troops, horses, and money, and defected to the capital.
Absence from duty is a capital offense.
Today, the two countries of Shanxi and Liao are still at war. Zhenzhou is located on the border between the two countries and is an important border town. It is of great importance, but Du Chongwei left without authorization and abandoned the strategic town. It is tolerable, but what is intolerable?
The ministers of the DPRK and China have petitioned for impeachment and demanded strict action.
Sang Weihan settled old scores for Shi Chonggui, saying that Du Chongwei always relied on himself as a relative of the emperor and did many illegal things, but His Majesty had always tolerated him, didn't he just hope that he could contribute to the country? But when the war broke out, he acted as cowardly and timid as a mouse. Not only did he not achieve any great achievements, but now he left his post without authorization and fled from the battlefield. I hope that Your Majesty can take this opportunity to relieve him of his military power to avoid future troubles. .
He didn't say to kill Du Chongwei, but to relieve him of his military power. Anyway, he didn't dare to go to the battlefield to defend his family and country.
Just like this, Shi Chonggui was also very unhappy.
Sang Weihan had no choice but to make another concession, saying that he would give Du Chongwei a smaller military town near the capital instead of giving him important military strongholds.
Shi Chonggui was angry and said that he was my biological aunt, how could he betray the court? He came to the capital this time just to reunite with my aunt. Who dares to make irresponsible remarks!
From then on, Sang Weihan never dared to participate in the discussion of national affairs. He claimed that he was suffering from a serious disease - athlete's foot and was unable to perform his work. Shangshu asked to resign and retire.
Sang Weihan wasn't just being angry with Shi Chonggui, he was really scared. It will be mentioned later that Shi Chonggui favored relatives of the emperor, such as Du Chongwei and Feng Yu, and in order to fight for power and gain, they repeatedly slandered and framed Sang Weihan. The three of them became tigers, and Shi Chonggui gradually alienated Sang Weihan. This was the political struggle in the late Jin Dynasty. Sang Weihan knew that he could not compete with them, so he chose to withdraw voluntarily and surrendered to the "Royal Family Gang".
After Du Chongwei came to Beijing, he showed off his magic skills and made all the civil and military officials call the city to play:
Du Chongwei donated an armed force of 4,000 men to Shi Chonggui, along with their weapons and armor, as well as 100,000 hu of grain and 200,000 bundles of fodder.
It was very helpful to Shi Chonggui. "Look, my aunt is still loyal!"
However, one detail must be explained here. These grains and grasses were not donated in kind, but "contributed in the ledger." The grains and grasses were all in Zhenzhou. Du Chongwei helped the court save them, but they were only attributed to the court in the books. Blank check.
As for the handling of this 4,000-person armed force, it was an even more high-end operation: Shi Chonggui organized the cavalry among the 4,000 people into the "Husheng Special Battalion" and the infantry into the "Guoguo Special Battalion", and then combined these two The battalion was assigned to Du Chongwei to serve as his personal escort...
After going around in a circle, the troops still belong to us. But the high-end is "coming full circle", because this army is legally a forbidden army of the imperial court, so military pay is allocated from the central government. It was called a donation of troops to the imperial court, but in reality it was asking the imperial court to reimburse him military expenses.
For example, the boss of a company bought an airplane and then leased it to his company at a high rent. The contract stipulated that all costs incurred for the use and maintenance of the aircraft would be borne by the company, and that during the lease period, the owner could only use the airplane. I use it... I rent it to myself, what is the operation? To put it simply, on the one hand, it is tax avoidance, turning the cost of high-end luxury goods into a "cost" on the company's accounts, reducing the "profit" on the book; on the other hand, it is risk aversion. If the company goes bankrupt, this aircraft will not be used. The debt was seized, frozen, and set off because it was not the company's property but the boss's personal property...
The so-called capital game that seems dazzling was actually played by Du Chongwei, a bastard, more than a thousand years ago.
