As soon as Tian Hongyou was mentioned, Peng Shiyu clenched his fists, became extremely emotional, and his words were filled with hatred both inside and outside. Li Yuan listened to the general idea intermittently, and soon realized that it was nothing more than a simple truth - "A strong dragon will not suppress a local snake."
There are five major Dongxi tribes living in the Youshui Basin, but they do not include the powerful Peng family because they are "powerful dragons" from outside.
The Peng family originated in Longxi and moved south due to war a hundred years ago. It was not until the Huangchao uprising in the late Tang Dynasty that Peng Shichou's father Peng Yao and uncle Peng Gan revolted in Jizhou. He fled west to Chu State.
At that time, the King of Chu, Ma Yin, valued the Peng brothers very much. He not only allowed his son and heir Ma Xifan to marry Peng Gan's daughter, but also granted Peng Yao the positions of governor of Chenzhou and governor of Xizhou. This started the era when the Peng family ruled Xizhou. .
(Note: Peng Gan's daughter Peng, posthumously named Mrs. Shunxian: she was "ugly" and a famous ugly girl in history, but "she had a way of running the family, and the king of Chu was afraid of it". When she was alive, she was a relatively powerful figure in the country of Ma Chu. During this period, he was very helpful to Ma Xifan, especially in mediating the conflict between his cousin Peng Shichou, the governor of Xizhou, and the royal court of Ma Chu)
But Xizhou is a barbaric land after all, and it is extremely difficult for outsiders to take root. After Peng Yao became the governor of Xizhou, in order to unify the tribes in the Youshui River Basin, he had to win over the local "local snakes" to rely on, and finally united with the Xiang clan to defeat and drive them away. He met the in-laws he had just recognized - Wu Zhuchong, the first native king of Xizhou, and initially stabilized the situation.
(Note: Wu Zhuchong, Peng Shichou’s father-in-law, one of the three major native kings of the native people, the actual ruler of the original Xizhou, and the first native king of Xiangxi in history. Peng Shichou and Wu Zhuchong’s daughters loved each other After Wu Zhuchong died, Peng Shichou's wife could not escape the pain of losing her father, and soon died with resentment)
When Peng Shichou came to power, he also imitated his father's method of uniting with the barbarians to control the barbarians, but instead of choosing the Xiang family who had worked hard and achieved great results, he chose the Tian family, Xiang's mortal enemies.
The Tian family was born and raised in Xizhou and had deep roots in Xizhou. After Tian Hongyou became the leader of the tribe, it happened that Mrs. Shunxian, the wife of Chu King Ma Xifan and Peng Shichou's cousin, passed away. Peng Shichou and Ma Xifan had a serious conflict. The situation quickly intensified, eventually leading to the outbreak of the Battle of Xizhou.
The Dongxi tribe has always hated the Han people. In their eyes, Peng Shichou, who chose to be close to them, was naturally better than the King of Chu. Tian Hongyou even devoted all the manpower and material resources of the Tian family to assist Peng Shichou. The war lasted for two years. In the end, the two sides negotiated a peace and concluded an alliance. A bronze pillar was erected in Huixi, Xizhou. Peng Shichou and the King of Chu officially crossed the river and separated. Governance, "entrusted" and obtained the land of three states.
"Gene Era"
Peng Shichou became the de facto "Tu Emperor", and Tian Hongyou, who had made great contributions, was naturally trusted and reused. First, he imitated the old routine of the Peng family - marriage, and made his eldest son Peng Shiyu marry Tian Hongyou's daughter Tian Si. Yang, and confidently entrusted Tian Hongyou with almost all political affairs, big and small.
You must know that although the three states have been governed according to the Tang system for many years, they still cannot abandon the nature of tribal barbarians. Government orders, large and small, still need to be conveyed through the chiefs of each tribe before they can be implemented. Peng Shichou let the native Tian family take charge of government affairs, and the consequences can be imagined. However, Tian Hongyou, who was in a high position and powerful, although tall and fierce, was good at collecting money instead of military affairs.
In just a few years, the Tian clan has become the most powerful clan in Dongxi with its strong financial resources. At that time, the three prefectures of Xi, Jin and Chen controlled by Peng Shichou, from the precious gold and silver tea horses to the ordinary fur business, were almost all controlled by Tian Hongyou. In the end, even Peng Shichou, the powerful If you want to eat salt, you have to ask Tian for it. You can imagine how powerful he is.
Once he had money and power, his ambitions naturally expanded, and soon Tian Hongyou began to intervene in military affairs and cultivate trusted generals. As Peng Shiyu grew up, although his wife was a daughter of the Tian family, he was deeply worried when he saw Tian Hongyou's status below one person and above ten thousand people in Xizhou, and he repeatedly advised Peng Shichou to restrain him. , but never received a response.
It was not until a few months ago that Peng Shiyu was finally able to take over as the governor of Xizhou, but it was too late...
After a sigh of relief, Peng Shiyu tightened his eyebrows, his eyes burst out with a fierce light like blades, gritted his teeth and said: "I have advised my grandfather a long time ago not to be so indulgent to Tian Hongyou! It's a pity that my grandfather has always turned a deaf ear. He even asked me to marry that whore from the Tian family! I am in trouble by raising a tiger, I am in danger by raising a tiger!..."
"How can it be so complicated? Alas! I didn't expect that your father would actually keep an unfamiliar tiger beside the bed!"
Seeing Peng Shiyu beating his chest, why didn't Li Yuan understand his situation? There are just doubts in his heart. Peng Shichou's approach of wooing local tribes to consolidate his rule is understandable. However, as a generation of tycoons who are famous in history, he has his own considerations in dealing with people. Since he dared to delegate power to Tian Hongyou, conflicts would break out sooner or later. How could one be without precautions?
What's more, Peng Shichou has been campaigning east and west for many years and has a high prestige in the army. How can he not leave trusted soldiers and horses for his successor? Moreover, Peng Shiyu failed so quickly and even lost his foundation overnight. This is really very different from the history Li Yuan knew.
The records of the Peng family in western Hunan are quite astonishing. The small dynasty of chieftains in western Hunan established by Peng Shichou started from the fourth year of Kaiping in the Later Liang Dynasty and ended when he returned to his hometown in the sixth year of Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty. No matter how the dynasties in the Central Plains changed, It actually lasted for eight hundred and eighteen years! A total of twenty-eight generations and thirty-five chieftains were produced. All of these chieftains were named Peng, and they were all descendants of Peng Shichou.
But now it has only been ten years since the Peng family was overthrown. Which joint is the problem?
"Brother Peng, even if Tian Hongyou can cover up the sky with one hand, your father has a high prestige in Xizhou after all, and he must have elite soldiers in his hands after years of operation. When you inherited the position of governor a few months ago, since you were aware of it, why didn't you raise troops to suppress it as soon as possible? Li Yuan asked with confusion on his face.
Peng Shiyu was silent for a moment, then frowned, raised his head and stared at Li Yuan and said: "Commander, after the Jiashan fire, our Peng clan's elite soldiers have been almost wiped out, and the generals who were lucky enough to survive hate the Tang state and are not interested in forming an alliance. There have been criticisms about the matter for a long time... Most of the thousands of soldiers in Xizhou City were returned to Tian Sidao's control. I succeeded him as the governor of Xizhou for only a few months. There were not enough soldiers and horses to resist..."
Li Yuan was shocked and took a deep breath. This butterfly effect was too outrageous... He coughed lightly and said in a deep voice: "Uh... it's over. At this point, Brother Peng, what are your plans?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Peng Shiyu and his younger sister Peng Qingying looked at each other deeply, and then, in full view of everyone, they knelt down with a plop, then bent down and said tremblingly: "Commander, I, Peng Shiyu, have always only kneeled on the ground. , Don’t kneel down! But Tian Hongyou brutally killed my father and brothers and took away the inheritance of three generations of my Peng family. If this blood feud is not avenged, I will be a descendant of the Peng family in vain! Even if I die, I will not rest in peace!"
Then he pointed to the pale Peng Qingying, closed his eyes and gritted his teeth and said: "I am now at the end of my rope, so I can only boldly plead with the commander, for the sake of the oath that day, lend me troops to help me get revenge! I am willing to use my little sister as a hostage. ! If you can kill the enemy with your own hands and comfort the spirit of your deceased father, I am willing to dedicate all the land of Jinchen and the two states to you!"
