Hu Jinsi is now riding a tiger and it is difficult to get off, but in fact Qian Hongchu, the king of Wuyue Kingdom, is also being roasted on the fire.
The reason is very simple. After the two kings Qian Zuo and Qian Hongzhi, during the period of his father Qian Yuanguan, the tacit understanding reached by King Qian and the honorable ministers of the West Palace and the powerful men of the East Palace has almost disappeared.
Especially during the Qian Zuo period, this teenage king killed a lot of people in order to take back power from the officials of the Eastern and Western Prefectures.
And instead of killing someone after making it clear that he was wrong, he would just make up any excuses for whomever he didn't like, and just let the inner tooth soldiers go up and kill the whole family if they had some sinister ambitions or hidden armor and stomach.
Good guy, if this were in other dynasties, it would indeed be a serious crime to hide a stomach secretly, but this is in the Fifth Dynasty! Who has a little bit of courage and doesn't have a few sets of armor at home?
This ridiculous reason is as outrageous as later generations saying that if someone has a kitchen knife at home, they are hiding controlled knives.
At the same time, Qian Zuo's killing speed and CD cooling were also very fast. He had been king for five or six years in total, and he had been in power for at most two years, but he killed powerful people all over the east and west.
To exaggerate, more than 70% of the powerful officials in the east and west mansions of Wuyue Kingdom had family members or even close relatives die at the hands of Qian Zuo.
If he had accomplished this, he would have been regarded as a wise man in history, but it was a pity that Qian Zuo failed in the end.
The old fox Hu Jinsi had been waiting for the opportunity. When everyone in Wuyue was in danger, he raised his arms and successfully killed Qian Zuo, and announced that he had died of illness.
Therefore, after such horrific killings, the Wu Yue Kingdom was divided. King Qian Hongchu could not believe the people below, and the people below could not believe Qian Hongchu, the king.
Historically, this trap had to be solved three or four years later. Qian Hongchu followed the story of his grandfather Qian Liu, served the Central Plains with courteous etiquette, and used the righteousness of the Emperor of the Central Plains to suppress the internal affairs, so that they did not dare to do anything to him.
Second, by reconciling with Hu Jinsi, who was getting older, and by using gentle and lenient policies to communicate with the people below, trust was rebuilt.
But now, Qian Hongchu's methods are not as sophisticated as they would be a few years ago. The gap between him and Hu Jinsi is still very deep. Qian Hongchu even clearly feels an undercurrent.
This undercurrent is encouraging Hu Jinsi. They hope that Hu Jinsi can launch another coup and kill Qian Hongchu, who seems to be very clear-minded. Qian Hongxin, who is only twelve years old this year, is the fourteenth younger brother of Qian Hongchu.
Of course, Hu Jinsi was not a fool. He left Hangzhou and ran to Yuezhou with hundreds of soldiers belonging to the Hu family, but he also sensed this dangerous undercurrent.
But even so, Qian Hongchu did not dare to relax.
Because although Hu Jinsi is an old fox, he is already ninety-two years old. Who knows whether he will suddenly become an old fox.
Or if Hu Jinsi dies in a hurry, and his son Hu Jing takes control of the soldiers of the Hu family and the strong men of the Dongfu, will he still be as calm as Hu Jinsi?
All of this is full of variables.
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Hangzhou, Qiantang Gate. Zhang Chengfu, wearing a silver-white shoulder python robe, led a large team of envoys and entered Hangzhou City from Qiantang Gate.
In the Five Dynasties, Hangzhou was long from north to south and narrow from east to west, and was shaped like a waist drum, so it was also commonly known as the City of Waist Drums.
Such a city, even if protected by natural dangers such as the West Lake, the Grand Canal, and the Tiesha River, is obviously not suitable for defense. It is obviously different from the cities in the Central Plains that prioritize defense capabilities.
Fatty Su later said that during the Five Dynasties, the people of Zhejiang and Zhejiang were old and dead, unaware of war and revolution. They traveled around in all seasons and heard the sounds of singing and drums.
Although it is a bit exaggerated, the general situation is really similar to this.
The strange thing about Hangzhou City is that it obviously pays more attention to the convenience of water transportation and does not pay much attention to the style of city defense. This is a clear proof of this situation.
It seems that the situation in the Five Dynasties was chaotic, and the people in the Central Plains wanted a peace dog but could not get it. However, the people in Wuyue and Zhejiang were as if they were in the prosperous age. They had not seen military revolution for sixty or seventy years. Generally speaking, they were peaceful and prosperous. They were all Qian Liu and Qian Yuanguan. , the contributions of three generations of Qian Hongchu’s grandfather and grandson.
In later generations, the Qian family was able to produce so many descendants who were famous all over the world during the Republic period. Perhaps it was the virtues that these three generations of Wuyue kings had accumulated for their descendants.
Even Zhang Chengfu, the angel of Nanyang County, was amazed after seeing the image of the prosperous age in Hangzhou City.
At this time of year, even Zhang Zhou's Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo and Luoyang, the sacred capital, are still a little depressed, and cannot compare to Hangzhou where even the common people have genuine smiles on their faces.
This kind of overall satisfaction and spirit of the people is probably only found in Liangzhou Prefecture, Chengtian, Xijing.
However, the folk customs in Liangzhou are more rough and rich, and are still not as elegant as those in Hangzhou, just like the ladies playing by the West Lake in the spring.
But even in this prosperous situation in Jiangnan, the biggest crisis in Wuyue's country was surging undercurrents.
With the arrival of Zhang Chengfu, countless pairs of eyes focused on this angel. They either looked forward to it or greeted him with some resistance to this most noble court angel since the founding of Wuyue.
The palace of Wuyue Kingdom should probably not be called a palace, because since the construction of Qianliu, it has not been called a palace. Instead, it has been called Wuyue Royal City or Wangfu.
The Royal Palace is located at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain at the southern end of Hangzhou City. It is built on the mountain. The specific location is around the Brahma Temple in Hangzhou in later generations. During the Southern Song Dynasty, it was slightly expanded and became the Southern Song Dynasty Imperial Palace.
According to Zhang Zhou's system, Qian Hongchu was a prince, while Angel Zhang Chengfu was just a county prince. There was a huge difference in status between the two.
But in fact, Qian Hongchu had only received a promise from the court that he would be crowned King of Yue, but the ceremony had not yet been held.
Zhang Chengfu was the elder of the Zhang Zhou royal family and had a respected status, because under the arrangement of Zhang Yan, he was adopted by his father Zhang Huaiqing to the second generation of the Guiyi Army Jiedushi, who was posthumously named Emperor Huai of Yingzu Zhang Huaishen.
In other words, Zhang Chengfu was not only Zhang Shi's uncle, but his father was also the emperor in name. He also inherited the Zhang family's most representative dukedom of Nanyang County.
His adoption was promised by Zhang Zhi in front of Cao Yijin and Zhang Yichao's young daughter Zhang Li. It was a symbol of the reconciliation of the Zhang family and a benchmark of political correctness within the Zhang family. His influence in the clan even exceeded his. biological father Zhang Huaiqing.
As an angel, how could Qian Hongchu dare to wait in the royal city for such a person? He had arrived five hundred steps inside the Qiantang Gate early to wait.
The person who came out of Qiantang Gate to greet him was Qian Hongchu's elder brother, Qian Hongxuan, the military envoy of Ningde Army and the Marquis of Wuxing.
When Qian Hongxuan went out to greet him, Wang Sheng from Huzhou, one of the two Wuyue Neiya soldiers who followed Zhang Yan out of the fortress, also returned to Hangzhou.
Zhang Chengfu announced the imperial court's reward to Wang Sheng in front of him, including brocade, refined sugar, BMW, and spices, worth hundreds of dollars.
Qian Hongyuan was also ordered by Qian Hongchu to promote the king on the spot to Yuhou, the capital of Wuyue Neiya Zuoma Infantry Army.
In addition, at this time, news about brothers Zhou Fengyi and Zhou Fenquan from Yangzhou had also reached Hangzhou. This was once again a 'popularization' for the people of Wuyue about the glorious image of the Great Zhou Emperor and the sage I Shaoming.
Wangfu, Yingen Hall.
After Qian Hongchu welcomed Zhang Chengfu, he immediately took Zhang Chengfu's arm and walked with him.
The two of them took Qian Hongchu's car together, and their attitude was cordial, just like a junior to an elder.
Qian Hongchu didn't care about other people's eyes at all. In his opinion, it was Zhang Chengfu's arm that he was holding on to, it was a life-saving straw!
The maids shuttled with flowers and butterflies, serving freshly picked tea and all kinds of colorful Jiangnan cakes, which were served up like a flowing stream.
It seems that the changes that I, Saint Zhang, have brought to tea are even greater than the changes he made to restore Zhou rituals.
Northerners, especially the northwest plus green ponds and grasslands, are fascinated by his milk tea.
The South has become obsessed with tea. The tea soup that used to add salt, mutton fat, pepper, garlic, and tangerine peel is almost extinct.
There were not many people in the Ying'en Hall. Except for King Qian Hongchu and Marquis Qian Hongyuan of Wu Xing, they were all ministers of the East and West Prefectures of Wuyue.
Hu Jinsi's white hair was particularly obvious in the palace. He had just arrived and didn't even have time to wash off the dust on his body.
Qian Hongchu even performed a scene of humility that put Zhang Chengfu in the first place. This king of Wuyue Kingdom was much smarter than his two brothers. Although he was not as good as Qian Liu, he was no richer than his father. Yuan Guan is poor.
Of course Zhang Chengfu would not sit in that seat, and he even knew that Qian Hongchu was testing.
If he sat on it without hesitation, it would prove that he is an arrogant fool who does not even have the most basic political common sense.
Such an idiot will definitely not be able to serve as a thigh, even if he is not qualified to be a thigh component, Qian Hongchu will definitely shrink back and not tell Zhang Chengfu a word of truth.
Is Zhang Chengfu strong? At least not until Zhang Yan returned to Dunhuang.
Because at that time, their family was just being promoted by the Cao family, proving that the Cao family was not trying to steal the Zhang family's foundation. It was really a sign that Zhang Chengfeng had messed up and had to clean up the mess.
Moreover, there are only so many people in the Guiyi Army. Even the sons and sons of the Cao family cannot be rich and powerful, so how can they get Zhang Chengfu in their turn?
But after Zhang Zhidong returned to the east, although Zhang Huaiqing and Zhang Chengfu's family were still symbols and signboards, after all, the plate was a hundred times bigger, and they could still get a lot of benefits.
In addition, Zhang Yan had no brothers and all his sons were young, so he often borrowed Zhang Huaiqing and Zhang Chengfu from his father and son.
Therefore, Zhang Chengfu has grown rapidly in these years, which proves that the saying that times make heroes is still reasonable.
And on such an important occasion, it is impossible for Zhang Yan to let Zhang Chengfu take the lead alone.
On the left side of this uncle angel is a super powerful person in Zhang Zhouli's department. He once dared to hold on to the sleeve of Gaochang Uighur Khan Jieli Pijia and pointed at Li Jing's nose and cursed him in the Southern Tang Dynasty court. He was called He is the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites of Dingyuan in the current class, and serves Wang Jiu, the Marquis of Yuan.
The one on Zhang Chengfu's right is Zhao Jingangnu, who just made a splash on the Mobei battlefield.
This person was born in the Xiyinghe Zhao family of the Liugu tribe of Liangzhou. His ancestor was the Shouhuo envoy of Zhangye Shouhuo in Liangzhou during the Tang Dynasty. He was the most established and upright person among the Lianglan Liugu sect.
Hu Jinsi looked up at the three angels and winked at a burly man in the distance.
This person is He Chengxun, the envoy of Wuyue Neiya Army. He was originally a confidant of the previous generation king Qian Hongzong, but now he has taken refuge with Hu Jinsi.
Seeing Hu Jinsi's eyes, He Chengxun hesitated for a moment and finally bit his teeth. Then he deliberately put on a look of contempt, and his sitting posture began to become crooked.
At this time, Zhang Chengfuzheng and Qian Hongchu were asking questions. Qian Hongchu first expressed his loyalty to Emperor Shaoming to Zhang Chengfu, and Zhang Chengfu was also conveying the emperor's greetings to Qian Hongchu.
He Chengxun put on such an expression at this time, which was naturally provocative.
Zhao Jinnu was kneeling on the right side, opposite He Chengxun. As a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy, it was the moment when he admired Zhang Hao the most. He could not tolerate anyone looking down on the emperor, even with a look.
At this moment, the polite question and answer session between Qian Hongchu and Zhang Chengfu ended. Zhao Jingru immediately stood up and gave Qian Hongchu a fist.
"I heard that there are many warriors in Wu and Yue, and the Neiya soldiers under the king's command are even more brave. A certain young man from a certain family is very happy to see the hunting spirit. He would like to see the glory of Yue."
After saying that, without waiting for Qian Hongchu's reply, Zhao Jinnu tightened the bun on his head lightly and walked towards He Chengxun with square steps.
At first, Zhao Jingang was sitting down, and He Chengxun didn't see his stature. Now he saw that although this strong man looked a little green, he was probably not more than six feet tall. His eyes were like a pair of lanterns, and he had two fists. Like a pair of iron hammers, the long legs suddenly came to him in one step.
He Chengxun was shocked. Just as he was about to stand up, Zhao Jinnu lowered his waist, stepped forward, and punched his chest.
He Chengxun was caught off guard, and was hit directly on the bridge of his nose by this hammer-like fist.
This is the most pain-resistant part of the human face. He Chengxun was hit by a heavy punch, and he suddenly felt an extreme pain. Tears immediately filled his eyes, and nosebleeds mixed with snot rushed out violently.
Zhao Jingangnu hit the target with one blow, and then took advantage of He Chengxun's difficulty in seeing the situation. He grabbed his chest and clothes with both hands, lifted it directly above his head, and then fell to the ground violently.
Lifting a strong man weighing 150 to 60 kilograms directly is not something that can be done easily. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is born with supernatural power.
He Chengxun was dizzy after being thrown. There was a loud noise in his mind, and he groaned on the ground with blood coming from his mouth and nose.
Just as a group of Wu and Yue officials were about to stand up, the Wu and Yue soldiers outside the door also rushed in to protect the king Qian Hongchu.
Zhao Jingangnu pressed his sword and shouted, "Those who do not respect the saints must be killed. Let's see who dares to touch them!"
He stood like a demon and actually frightened the soldiers who rushed through the door.
Qian Hongchu stood up quickly and shouted with hesitation: "Stand back!"
Wang Jiuze said something in Zhang Chengfu's ear, and Zhang Chengfu's eyes immediately turned to Hu Jinsi, who was there.
The expression on Hu Jinsi's face remained unchanged, but Zhang Chengfu's eyes made him feel itchy all over.
There are more and more armored soldiers outside, and there may not be dozens of them, but the three people in the hall look calm, and it is obvious that no one takes these people seriously.
Hu Jinsi sighed in his heart. None of these three people were the famous Xiong Hu under Emperor Shao Tian, but they were already so courageous.
Not only did it show its confidence, but it also showed that the court was full of talents and eager to control Wu Yue.
And doesn’t he need the court to get out of trouble?
I'm afraid that King Qian Hongchu also had similar thoughts. Maybe Qian Hongchu didn't want to donate soil in his heart, but just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity. But Hu Jinsi had no time to play anymore, and he suddenly fell to the ground and begged.
"Your Majesty, He Chengxun has behaved unbecomingly in front of you. However, seeing that he has performed well in the past, I beg to be absolved of his crime."
The Wu and Yue ministers in the room were all surprised, and even looked at Hu Jinsi with some horror, because He Chengxun was Hu Jinsi's most critical ally!
Old Man Hu was still able to intervene in Hangzhou affairs in Yuezhou because of the existence of He Chengxun, the commander of Nei Ya soldiers.
Now that Hu Jinsi said this, he was actually giving a message to Qian Hongchu.
Sure enough, Qian Hongchu nodded immediately, and of course he did not forget to plead with Zhang Chengfu, "The land is wild and there are so many people who don't know how to behave. Please forgive me, angel."
Zhang Chengfu nodded with a guilty look, "Zhao Jingangnu is a personal follower of the saint. He is used to being arrogant. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Qian Hongchu smiled. He looked at He Chengxun who was on the ground in a miserable state, "Commander He, please go home and recuperate. Don't do this again next time."
Then he looked at his brother Qian Hongxuan and said, "Brother, I'm just going to make a hard trip and send someone to take Commander He home, and order the famous doctors from the palace to accompany him and take care of him."
Qian Hongyan quickly accepted the order. Why send He Chengxun home? Now, the most important thing is to quickly get the power of the Nei Ya soldiers, and then spend money to control the soldiers.
Zhang Chengfu looked at Hu Jinsi, who had one of the most important powers on the ground, and threw it out without blinking. He knew where Wu Yue's first move should be.
"I heard that Hu Weng served as Jinwu's captain in Chang'an in the past?"
Hu Jin suddenly trembled in thought. It was rumored that the royal guards of the Kingdom of Zhou were everywhere. It seemed that there were no deceitful people under such a great reputation! They were able to find this clue.
But this could be regarded as an origin. Hu Jinsi immediately showed a look of reminiscence on his face and replied in a nostalgic tone.
"In the past, a young man from a certain family gave up his money to buy a minor official in the Jinwu Guard, but he didn't expect to be able to see the loyal and loyal Emperor Huan Zuding, who was famous all over the world, and listen to his teachings. It is truly a blessing for three lifetimes!"
Damn it, it’s good to live long! Qian Hongchu couldn't help but sigh. Hu Jinsi was probably the only person in the world who had seen or even talked to Zhang Yichao.
This origin alone was almost an ironclad guarantee of avoiding death. When the court wanted to compile the chronicles of Emperor Huan Zuding, Hu Jinsi's words were indispensable.
Zhang Chengfu immediately stood up, and he solemnly said to Qian Hongchu: "I have little merit and have not been able to see the heroic appearance of my great-uncle. Fortunately, Hu Weng is here today. I can't hide the emotion in my heart. Please forgive me." Sin, I want to talk to Hu Weng about my uncle’s past demeanor.”
What could Qian Hongchu say? He knew clearly that the two were conspiring together, but he couldn't say anything. He could only squeeze out a smile and nod in agreement.
