Guo Wei was angry.
Just in case of emergencies. What are you going to do? What eventuality do you want to prevent?
In fact, there was an "unexpected" at that time - Guo Wei was seriously ill and even had to miss the morning court (it was a little difficult to walk, and he often ignored the court). In this case, Wang Yin has the potential to shock the master. In fact, Guo Wei was less than a month away from his death.
There is not much time left for Guo Wei. He must eliminate hidden dangers as soon as possible and leave a peaceful world to his successor.
On the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, Guo Weiqiang held on to his sick body and gritted his teeth and insisted on visiting Zide Hall.
The emperor sat up! Hundreds of officials came to the court to congratulate him, and Wang Yin also came to the palace to pay his respects. Just after Wang Yin entered the palace, an ambush suddenly broke out and he was arrested on the spot. Later, Guo Wei announced that Wang Yin was plotting to use the suburban ceremony to launch a mutiny, deprive Wang Yin of all his official positions and titles, and exile him to Dengzhou.
exile? How could Guo Wei let this cancer reach Dengzhou alive? As soon as Wang Yin left the city gate, he was executed.
Later, Guo Wei ordered Zheng Renjie, the governor of Chanzhou, to go to Weizhou to appease Wang Yin's family. How to "appease"? Answer: Kill. With one strike, everything is over, and from now on there will be no more worries in the world.
Liu Chengyou's killing of heroes was brutal, mediocre, and dirty; Guo Wei's killing of heroes was justified and justified.
According to historical records, Guo Wei issued an edict to pardon Wang Yin's family members, but Zheng Renjie killed Wang Yin's son and exiled the other family members to Dengzhou. As for the reason why Zheng Renjie killed Wang Yin's son without permission, there are two theories. One is that Zheng Renjie killed Wang Yin because he wanted Wang Yin's family property; the other is that when Zheng Renjie came to express his condolences, Wang Yin killed him without permission. The son did not go out to wait.
Perhaps there is a third theory, and this theory is closer to the truth: Guo Wei secretly ordered Zheng Ren to execute him.
Zheng Renjie was just introduced in the previous article. He was one of Guo Wei's few direct confidants and one of Guo Wei's think tanks. When Guo Wei was in hiding, the two often talked all night long. After Guo Wei became emperor, he promoted Zheng Renjie to be deputy privy envoy and envoy to the North Academy of Xuanhui. The "Deputy Privy Envoy" obviously divided the power of Privy Envoy Wang Jun, so Wang Jun was always dissatisfied; then he went out to control Chanzhou, which was Weizhou's southern neighbor, and was obviously targeting Wang Yin again.
When Zheng Renjie killed Wang Yin's son without authorization, Guo Wei not only failed to hold him accountable, but instead promoted Zheng Renjie to the rank of privy envoy and added Tongping Zhangshi. This is very telling.
Guo Wei's foresight was to eliminate the two time bombs of Wang Jun and Wang Yin for his successor before his death, ensuring a smooth transition of supreme power.
On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, on the third day after Wang Yin was eliminated, Guo Wei, wearing a dragon robe and a crown, went to the royal ancestral temple to offer sacrifices in a very grand manner.
At this time, Guo Wei could only walk with the help of his attendants. He reluctantly climbed up the steps and poured wine to offer sacrifices. According to the procedure, Guo Wei had to kneel down and offer wine. However, when he leaned down, he fell unconscious and was unable to complete the worship. The attendants on the left and right hurriedly took him away to rescue him, and the sacrificial ceremony had to be completed by Chai Rong instead.
That night, Guo Wei's condition worsened and he was on the verge of death. The imperial doctors continued to rescue him until midnight before he improved slightly and returned from the ghost gate.
Another day later, it was the first day of the New Year (954), the day when Guo Wei "had something to do in the southern suburbs". Guo Wei dragged his sick body to the southern suburbs of Bianzhou. At this time, he was almost paralyzed, with only his head. He could still move a little bit, just nodding his head slightly. All worship procedures are performed by the officials in charge.
Guo Wei issued an edict to change the Yuan Dynasty to amnesty.
The fourth year of Guangshun was changed to the first year of showing virtue; a general amnesty was granted to the whole country, and the "heinous crimes" were also pardoned; all the domestic and foreign soldiers, civil and military officials, etc. were rewarded, and the whole world celebrated; the reputations of Hou Liang and Li Congke were restored, and "from now on, they must not be regarded as Liang Dynasty or Qingtai" The dynasty is a false dynasty and a false lord."
Later, Guo Wei came to the Chongyuan Hall to receive his title. Feng Dao led a hundred officials and presented Guo Wei with the title "Emperor Shengming, Wenwu, Rende", and the officials congratulated him.
The Jiaotian ceremony in the southern suburbs of Bianzhou and the registration ceremony in Chongyuan Hall were all kept simple and omitted, "because the emperor does not hesitate."
The process is simplified, and the rewards are also simplified.
This is easy to understand, because the Later Zhou Dynasty wanted to get rid of the excessive abuses of the Later Han Dynasty and drastically reduced taxes, which reduced the burden on the people and also significantly reduced the national fiscal revenue.
When the "Fielding Service" was abolished, some people proposed selling the state-owned assets (farmland) of the fielding service to farmers, that is, privatizing the original state-owned assets. However, Guo Wei directly gave it to the people for free. The relevant departments reminded Guo Wei, As a result, the government will lose hundreds of thousands of dollars! But Guo Wei said: "The benefit lies in the people as well as in the country. What should I do with this money?"
In a word, wealth is hidden among the people.
In the following weeks, there was great financial pressure. On the one hand, income decreased, and on the other hand, successive years of war and natural disasters caused fiscal expenditures to increase.
Under such circumstances, Guo Wei's "occurrence in the southern suburbs" cannot be compared with that of Li Siyuan during the "prosperity of Mingzong". Therefore, some soldiers in the Forbidden Army complained privately, resenting Guo Wei for being stingy.
After Guo Wei heard about it, he was very unhappy. He called several major generals to the bedroom and said: "Since I ascended the throne, although I am the emperor, I have always lived a simple life, and even dressed in simple and simple clothes. I have spent all the money I have saved on subsidies." You are not unaware of the tightness of the national treasury. Now, you are condoning such deceptive behavior. What is your intention? You don’t care how frugal the emperor is, or how poor the country is. You are weak, let alone what your merits are, but you only want to ask for endless rewards, are you worthy of your conscience?"
The generals knelt down in fear and criticized themselves one after another. After withdrawing, they actively investigated, picked out a few of the troublemakers, and executed them, thus quelling the complaints of the army.
After previously eradicating Wang Jun, Guo Wei recalled Chai Rong to the capital, appointed him mayor of the capital (Kaifeng Prefecture), and granted him the title of King of Jin, and began to prepare for his succession. After Jiaotian, Chai Rong was appointed as the official of the three divisions of Yitong, the Inspector of Schools, and the Minister of Internal Affairs. Chai Rong took control of the military and was ready to take over.
When Guo Wei was in charge of Weizhou, he admired a young clerk named Cao Han very much. He was smart and capable. Guo Wei arranged for him to be assigned to Chai Rong as Chai Rong's staff, and he followed Chai Rong to control Chanzhou.
When Guo Wei transferred Chai Rong to Kaifeng Prefecture, Cao Han ran from Chanzhou to Bianzhou without receiving orders.
Chai Rong was surprised, "Why are you here?"
Cao Han said: "You shouldn't ask me why I came, but I should ask you why you haven't left yet."
Chai Rong was even more surprised and hurriedly asked him for advice.
Cao Hanping retired and said to Chai Rong: "Your Majesty, you are the crown prince of the empire. Now the emperor is seriously ill and bedridden. Instead of going to the palace to provide medicine and wait on the hospital bed, you are instead dealing with trivial matters outside!"
