Chapter 16 Chapter Sixteen Rules of the Winner

If anyone thinks he is fierce and does too much, he will definitely end badly.Whether it was during his lifetime or after his death, it was the same.For example, I asked, who was the general who was truly invincible, invincible, and victorious in Chinese history? I believe no one would think of Bai Qi.But, only he is worthy of this title.But the god of war that our nation has worshiped for generations is Guan Yu who was defeated and fled, and was caught and beheaded by the enemy. What does this mean?No matter what others think, or even what our own people think, our nation values ​​what is sublimated to the spiritual level behind the victory, rather than the simple victory.

But Wang Quanbin and Liu Guangyi didn't understand this.They only remember one order and one fact.Order - His Majesty the Emperor once said that he only wants the land of Shu Kingdom this time, and all the treasures in stock belong to our army! As for the fact—the Houshu people are cowards and cowards, they are vulnerable, they can be manipulated at will, and they can do whatever they want! They thought so, and they did so.Needless to say, Wang Quanbin's Northern Route Army started a dreamlike new life the day they entered Chengdu.At that time, the prosperity and beauty of Chengdu must be above Kaifeng, which has just recovered from the war in the north. How could these soldiers who have been abused by Zhao Kuangyin's various new military regulations for a long time have seen this?

grab!As long as I can see it, as long as it can be grasped by my hand, it is mine!No matter if it was the gold and silver treasures of a rich family, or the silk and satin in the shop, or the delicate and beautiful Sichuan girls who were very different from the beauties in the north, they would grab whatever they saw.As for their coach Wang Quanbin, firstly, his word of mouth in the army is "tolerant", and he never displeases the soldiers; treasury.One hundred and sixty thousand guan, this is only the amount of copper coins he embezzled. Liu Guangyi's East Route Army has gone even further. Since they broke through Kuizhou, they have been unimpeded all the way.Wanzhou, Kaizhou, Zhongzhou, Suizhou and other places all surrendered without a fight.Every time Liu Guangyi entered a city, he opened up all the government inventory and gave it to the soldiers. The soldiers responded by asking the commander to slaughter the city while collecting money and things.

This is to ask for spiritual entertainment after material enjoyment.According to records in the history of the Song Dynasty, this is because the soldiers wanted to make the subsequent victory easier, so they had to redouble their prestige.But let me ask you, you have already surrendered, how can you further show your sincerity in surrender?Song people are shameless and cunning, and their history books are full of bad deeds that they want to cover up! The reason why the tragedy of slaughtering the city did not happen is entirely because of the supervisor Cao Bin on the East Road.This is a mature and prudent person who understands the world. No matter how high his military literacy is, he is at least a reasonable person.

In this way, the Eastern Route Army entered Chengdu a few days later than the Northern Route Army.After that, Chengdu became Zhao Kuangyin's nightmare of not waking up for two years. In March of that year, Meng Chang, the subjugated king of Hou Shu, was escorted to Beijing by the Song army.Meng Chang is forty-seven years old this year. According to historical records, this is the first time he has left Sichuan in his lifetime. Looking back at the hometown of Shu, his family and country are insignificant, and everything is getting farther and farther away from him. ... What comforted him a little was the promise made to him by Zhao Kuangyin, who was far away in Kaifeng-"Since you want to be blessed, you should do your best to clean up your past mistakes. I will not break my promise, and you will have no worries."

It seems that Zhao Kuangyin is serious. Not only is he lenient to Meng Chang, but he even honors Meng Chang's mother, Queen Mother Li, as "Mother of the Nation". But no matter what, he had to take his relatives and family members, plus his original team of courtiers, to Kaifeng.Life and death are up to man, simply resigned to fate, it doesn't matter if Meng Chang thinks about it, but along the way, Prime Minister Li Hao, who is familiar with all kinds of surrender business, often looks pale and even panicked overnight. It's not good to have too much knowledge, the scene from forty years ago will always flash in Li Hao's mind.

At that time, the Yanju clan of the former Shu king surrendered. Thousands of monarchs and ministers left Jiangling, passed through Xiangzhou, and went north to Luoyang like them to surrender to Li Cunxu, Emperor Zhuangzong of the Later Tang Dynasty.Unfortunately, because of the rebellion of his subordinates, Li Cunxu was about to conquer in person, fearing that too many surrenders would destabilize the situation, so he ordered "Wang Yan and his party" to be executed.At that time, Zhang Juhan, the privy envoy of the later Tang Dynasty, was the recipient of the edict. This man couldn't bear it. Li Cunxu left in a hurry while the ink on the edict was still wet.Just killed the Wang family.

So will Zhao Kuangyin fulfill his promise?Back then, Li Cunxu also promised that Wang Yan's family would not die! It proved that Li Hao's worries were not superfluous at all. Zhao Kuangyin really received a secret report from a courtier, who said—"Meng Chang has been the king of Shu for 30 years, and Chengdu is far away from the capital. Prevent unexpected changes." This is because they are afraid that something will happen again on the journey of thousands of miles of escort.Guess who this guy is?Wang Quanbin?Liu Guangyi?Or any other ruthless master?No, it's Cao Bin, who is kind-hearted.He tried his best to consider Zhao Kuangyin's interests.To keep the prosperity of Shu, Meng Chang's family must be eradicated.

Zhao Kuangyin's reply to him was only six words - you are so good! In Zhao Kuangyin's heart, Meng Chang is his first collection of monarch-level captives, and he is going to use this to show everyone in the world his ability, his courage, and his mind!So that those "collections" who are at the same level as Meng Chang and have not yet registered for storage will know what they are doing. But very depressed, no matter how many times he said it and how many times he emphasized it, his courtiers still habitually compared him with those butchers before.Well then, he had no choice but to show up in person once again and set an example.

When Meng Chang and his party arrived in the outskirts of Kaifeng, Zhao Kuangyin sent his younger brother Jin Wang Zhao Guangyi to condolences in Yujin Garden; the next day, Zhao Kuangyin summoned Meng Chang and 33 other former Shu emperors and ministers in the Chongyuan Hall to prepare a ceremony.After the ceremony, he led Meng Chang to the gate tower of the palace to inspect the three armies, and then held a banquet in Daming Hall to welcome Meng Chang.Feng Mengchang was appointed as the third division of Kaifu Yitong, the grand master of the school and the order of Zhongshu, and the Duke of Qin.His younger brother Meng Renzhi, his son Meng Xuanzhe, and his prime minister Li Hao were also granted official positions.

This is an intention to live together in a friendly way and live together for a long time.But the weather is unpredictable, and the greatest joy of human life is not knowing what will happen the next day. Meng Chang died, there was really no other way, he survived the wind, frost, boat and car all the way, but he died suddenly after he arrived in Kaifeng and lived in the riverside mansion that Zhao Kuangyin specially built for him.Only survived for a short seven days under the brilliance of the new owner Zhao Kuangyin. Compared with bloody death, the only thing that human beings talk about more is the romantic relationship between men and women.Meng Chang's death immediately made the Miaoman image of a woman more vivid. Mrs. Huarui Mengfei. It is said that Zhao Kuangyin fell in love at first sight with this lady who was more delicate than a flower and could only be named after the pistil. She dreamed of spring for nearly six nights. On the seventh day, Meng Chang finally died of Zhao Kuangyin's long-awaited man. Passionate. Who can say that this is nonsense?According to historical records, Zhao Kuangyin's wife was dead at this time, and she was the one who was frightened during the Chen Qiao mutiny.In fact, it was already Zhao Kuangyin's continuation. His wife when he ran away from home when he was young had passed away long ago.And he has not had a legal legal wife for more than a year, so what is there to doubt?After more than a year, Zhao Kuangyin won't have any physical barriers! So everything is logical, beautiful women are disasters, beautiful women are loved by everyone, kill their husbands and take their wives, pick their flowers and get close to their pistils... Isn't life a joy? Even in the masterpiece "Romance of Song History" by Mr. Cai Dongfan, a master of Chinese Romance, there is a special book on this, which is longer than Wang Quanbin's attack on Jiange.But unfortunately, I think that the dewy marriage between Mrs. Huarui and Zhao Kuangyin is purely fictional, full of logic and wisdom unique to Chinese folks and the shameless spirit of constantly processing rumors. all fake. Cited in Cai Dongfan's book, the surname of the "flower stamen" is Xu, and his father's name is Xu Kuangzhang.But unfortunately, it has long been concluded in modern times that the "flower stamen" surnamed Xu is the mother of Wang Yan, the former king of Shu, and the little concubine Xu.That woman is really amazing, needless to say she is so beautiful, and she can play Wang Jian, the founding king of the former Shu, who really started from scratch and conquered the world in the palm of her hand.Her son Wang Yan was ranked eleventh, with ten elder brothers in front of him, but his mother pushed him to the throne of King Shu abruptly. However, Xu "Hua Rui" ended badly. The red-eyed Li Cunxu had no interest in seeing her at all, so he chopped her into meat sauce with a lot of flower stalks, flowers and fertilizers. And Meng Chang's "Fei Huarui" has never heard of other abilities besides spending extravagantly with Meng Chang.By the way, she can compose poems. According to unofficial history, when Zhao Kuangyin first met her, he was furious and asked her what she was doing. Why did she make the majestic King of Shu my prisoner and waste my food? The flower stamen smiled sweetly, and the words came to fruition—the flag was firmly lowered on the king's city, and the concubine learned about it in the deep palace.One hundred and forty thousand people were disarmed, and none of them were men! Then Zhao Kuangyin was very happy, his hormones increased suddenly, and it went like this... But the procedure seems to be a bit too classic, and Zhao Kuangyin's former fools seem to be like this.And more good shows are yet to come, and there are too many stories about Fei "Flower Stamens" to calculate royalties. 1. The stamen is still a nostalgia. She drew a portrait of Meng Chang and placed it in her dormitory. After being seen by Zhao Kuangyin, she lied that she was a male god who was in charge of women's reproductive health. It was very spiritual in the Shu Kingdom. Yes, she just wanted to give birth to another son for Zhao Kuangyin... Besides, Zhao Kuangyin and Meng Chang drank together in the Daming Palace. If the portrait was really Meng Chang, do you think Zhao Kuangyin would not recognize him? 2. That is even more miraculous and great.Legend has it that on the night of Zhao Kuangyin's death, the "flower pistil" was the main source of disaster--the eldest Zhao fell ill and passed out, and the second Zhao had been nursing before the bed.At this time, when I saw the stamen, I couldn't restrain it anymore.But unfortunately, Da Zhao woke up suddenly, and was furious when he saw it, and Da Zhao's real wife, the queen at the time, also rushed over after hearing the news.In a panic, Er Zhao hurriedly let go of her maid and ran to his house.When he ran home, he found out that Da Zhao was already very angry, so he ran to the palace again, and when he got there, he became the second generation ancestor of the Zhao family... Doesn't it look familiar?Like the past between Yang Guang and his father Yang Jian.Hehe, if you say that the vast number of working people are really smart sometimes, they don't have any new ideas to make people smell bad. 3. Then Zhao Guangyi can be overturned.It is said that if there is life, there must be death.Huarui Fei has always been the only one in the Kingdom of Shu, and after the Song Dynasty, he also overthrew the big Zhao. Every day, Zhao Kuangyin no longer cares about state affairs.So the great and wise Er Zhao couldn't stand it anymore.He didn't have anything else to say, and everything turned into practical actions.At a one-on-one drinking party with his older brother, he just didn't drink.No matter how much his brother tried to persuade him, he finally said——Please ask Mrs. Huarui to pick that flower for me, and drink immediately after picking it off.As a result, when the pistil Fei was picking flowers, Zhao Guangyi suddenly drew his bow and shot an arrow, and completely killed his brother's Goddess of Joy with one arrow... 4. It was still Meng Chang's death. According to Cai Dongfan and too many people, Meng Chang was poisoned to death by Zhao Kuangyin.In particular, Lao Cai Zhenzhen has a saying-"The banquet given by the Daming Palace is recorded in the historical biography, and there are clues to be found. The author did not slander the ancients for no reason. It’s hard to write it off in the end.” I really saw your living ghost, poisoning at a state banquet like the Daming Palace, and it was only Meng Chang’s family who arrived in Kaifeng, Zhao Kuangyin immediately became interested.Da Zhao must be too impatient!If you want to talk about poisoning, you have to talk about Erzhao. For example, Li Yu lived and died on the seventh day of July in the history, and Qian Chu lived and died on the twenty-fourth of August.But that's because Er Zhao always likes to surprise others on their birthdays... The stamen incident stops here, and no one should ask what the final outcome of the stamen is, because who can tell us what the final outcome of Xi Shi is?Was she alive and rowing with her brother Fan in the Taihu Lake, or was she thrown into the West Lake by Goujian's wife and drowned?What about Diao Chan's final ending?Was it because of Lu Bu's death, or was he included in the account by Ah Tan? Then Huarui Fei's ending will be like that, let's stop here.Because Zhao Kuangyin's troubles have really come, from the overwhelming land of Shu Kingdom in Sichuan, they came endlessly! The first is a fundamental question - what does it take to conquer a country? I believe that in every era, human beings have different interpretations.In the hearts of Zhao Kuangyin and his subordinate Wang Quanbin in 965 AD, there was only one answer, that is, for Houshu, as long as its king Meng Chang and prince Meng Xuanzhe were captured, it would be considered a success. So now, you can fully enjoy the fruits of victory.Wang Quanbin and his subordinates decided that after sixty-six days of superhuman combat life, they should indulge and enjoy life to the fullest no matter what. The riot first started with a man named Wang Jitao.He was ordered to escort Meng Chang's family to Kaifeng. Along the way, he acted like a domineering, openly blackmailed the royal family and ministers of Houshu, and mistreated Meng Chang's courtiers.This has aroused the anger of the Shu people, but it is not fatal.What happened next revealed what Wang Quanbin and his soldiers were like. They don't respect their enemies. In their eyes, Shu soldiers are just a group of pigs and sheep that can be slaughtered at will. What makes people speechless is that it was indeed like this before.Therefore, when Zhao Kuangyin ordered that in order to stabilize the situation in Houshu and increase the number of strong men in the north, the army of Houshu should be moved to Kaifeng, Wang Quanbin was unwilling. Because Zhao Kuangyin said-"Walkers will be given ten thousand dollars, and those who have not walked will be given two months' food." There are no statistics in the history books about the number of Shu soldiers who were surrendered at that time, but it can be clearly seen in a report later that it was at least 100,000.How much would it cost... Wang Quanbin felt distressed, because it was all his money! So Wang Quanbin ordered everything to be kept simple. Is that extravagance necessary to drive a group of pigs and sheep on the road?In the eyes of him and the Song Army at that time, these Shu soldiers were nothing more than a group of laborers, and those who stuttered and breathed were enough.And this is not counted, there is a line in the history books to briefly describe the actions of the Song army at that time-"Wang Quanbin and others reduced the number without authorization, and still invaded it step by step." Is it just "aggressive"? As a result, all the Houshu soldiers who had put down their arms, were determined to surrender, and were willing to be relocated from their homeland to work in the north rioted and mutinied!You can imagine what happened, and if you can't bear it, then there is no need to bear it!They elected Quan Shixiong, the former general of Houshu, as their leader, determined to recover the minimum dignity of being a human being from the occupying army of the Song Dynasty! Wang Quanbin had a big accident, but as the commander-in-chief of the whole army, he still remembered who his emperor was and what warnings he had given him.So he sent his general Zhu Guangxu to take 700 cavalry to the hometown of Quan Shixiong to appease him. After all, some battles can be avoided, and it is better not to fight, although he is not afraid at all! There are no weak soldiers under the strong generals, and Zhu Guangxu is not afraid at all.What are Shu soldiers?Dare to mutiny?I want him to "recruit"... What the hell, he led seven hundred cavalrymen to kill Quan Shixiong's hometown at the fastest speed. , and then confiscated all the family property surnamed Quan, and the only one who survived was Quan Shixiong's daughter. Quan Shixiong, your daughter is quite beautiful... Hehe, I want it. The grief-stricken Quan Shixiong couldn't bear to live. He and all the Shu soldiers saw that the Song Dynasty people didn't treat them as human beings at all... Regrets and regrets, why did the Song Dynasty people kill them so easily in the first place! rebel!Quan Shixiong led the Shu army to capture Pengzhou (now Pengxian County, Sichuan Province) with unprecedented determination and combat effectiveness, killed the capital prison, and killed all the Song troops guarding the city.Then Quan Shixiong called himself the "King of Xingshu" and called on the whole of Shu to rebel against the Song army and drive out the people of the Song Dynasty! It is said in history that the whole army set up subordinates and commanders, and divided the troops to lead strategic locations such as Guankou, Xinfan, and Qingcheng. They won many battles and soon came to the city of Chengdu.At this time, the people of the Song Dynasty were scared, Wang Quanbin was scared, and the entire army, including Zhao Kuangyin in Kaifeng, panicked.Only then did they clearly realize that they were still guest soldiers, in a different place, and there was no danger to defend them. The situation continued to deteriorate. Even near Chengdu, where the Song army was most concentrated, all prefectures and counties raised troops to respond to the whole army. It has reached seventeen prefectures, and the Shu army has rapidly grown to more than 100,000 people. The sheep... turned into wolves.Wang Quanbin, a professional soldier who grew up in the Five Dynasties and Eleven Kingdoms, completely calmed down. After careful consideration, he made a "wise" decision that was supported by the entire Song army at that time.At that time, there were more than 27,000 soldiers from the Later Shu in Chengdu, and they were immediately deceived into the sandwich city between the inner and outer cities, and all of them were killed...to prevent the Shu soldiers from cooperating with each other. After that, the people of Shu went crazy. This is the so-called "benevolent" Song Dynasty people... Is this still a human being? !Since then, Song people's appeasement, temptation, promises, etc. have completely lost their effectiveness, and there is only more naked fighting with swords and guns.It took two full years for the chaos in central Shu to subside completely.The ones who really contributed the most during this period were no longer Wang Quanbin, who broke through Shu in 66 days at a super speed, but Liu Guangyi and Cao Bin, who were previously unknown. Will the sixty-six days flatten Shu?No, it was two full years! And because Quan Shixiong and others never surrendered and refused to recruit, the war to suppress the chaos was completely exterminated.From then on, the people of Shu and the people of Song formed an indissoluble feud, and the Land of Abundance was no longer a natural safe haven for the Central Plains royal family in times of crisis. Shocked and terrified populace rioted.It really made Sichuan a nightmare for people in the Song Dynasty. When Wang Quanbin returned to Zhao Kuangyin two years later, he believed that he had prepared for the worst.Zhong Hui, Deng Ai, and Guo Chongtao from 40 years ago are all his role models. They even did their jobs more quickly than him, and they did not escape death.What about him? Zhao Kuangyin's face must have been livid, the bastard in front of him wasted two years of his precious time just for some greedy and bestial pleasure.Not only was money and military power wasted during this period, but he could only watch them slip away from him no matter how many opportunities he had... Western Shu was not peaceful, and he dared not use his strength elsewhere! So kill him?The imperial court publicly discussed the merits and demerits of General Pingshu, and Wang Quanbin should be executed for his crime.But Zhao Kuangyin's decision was beyond everyone's expectations—to order Wang Quanbin to return the stolen goods, demote his official to Chongyi Army Jiedushi for observation, and then settle in Suizhou.Other guilty generals under him will be degraded and punished according to this example. It turned out to be equivalent to a serious warning, please keep it for observation. At this time, some people would think, this is because Zhao Kuangyin is still employing people, and he wants Wang Quanbin to contribute again.But since then, Wang Quanbin has completely called a curtain call on the stage of history. He can't save anything by killing him, and can only leave behind a reputation similar to Li Cunxu and others.This is what Zhao Kuangyin never wanted to do. This is why Zhao Kuangyin did not send anyone to Shu to replace Wang Quanbin during the two years of Shu chaos.As long as the matter is done properly, it will not be wrong to stir up more troubles, and even force Wang Quanbin to proclaim himself king in Shuzhong. Well, now I believe that everyone in the world has seen that the broad-minded son of the Zhao family will never kill someone in a moment of anger, let alone lose his mind because of long-term resentment.He is a kind and perfect person, everyone can rest assured and boldly live under his love and care.As for Hou Shu, who once had "regrets"... Life is made up of regrets.