Youzhou, as the capital of the Republic, will certainly be considered a first-class big city in the eyes of later generations, but at this time, Youzhou was not a big city.

At this time, Youzhou did not have the gorgeous aura as the capital of the central dynasties of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Instead, because it was the place where Anlu Mountain rebelled, it got the title of Yan Thief, which made it somewhat infamous.

Of course, in Youzhou at this time, there was no Forbidden City, no Tiananmen, no Di'anmen, and no Chaoyang Community that frightened the brothers.

In Youzhou City at this time, there was only the Jiqing Palace that Yelu Ruan expanded on the palace of Dongping County Prince in Anlu Mountain.

The entire Youzhou City was located in the area from Fayuan Temple to Baiyun Temple in Xicheng District of Beijing in later generations.

Zhang Gao speculated that this city was only half the size of Xuanwu District in Beijing in later generations. Not to mention cities like Taiyuan, it was smaller than Yecheng at that time and about the same size as Yunzhou.

However, there is one thing. Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, after the Tang Dynasty lost its territories in Liaodong and Western Liaoning, Youzhou's strategic position has become more and more important. By this time, it has almost become an existence that can defend the Khitan alone.

When Zhang Gao entered the city from the south gate of Youzhou, many people looked at Zhang Gao's carriage entering the city, with expressions of fear and indignation on their faces.

This fear is easy to understand. People in Youzhou don’t know what kind of temper Zhang Yan has. What if he is even more cruel than the Khitans?

What's more, Yelv Deguang and Yelu Ruan, the uncle and nephew, have poured dirty water on me, Zhang Shengren.

The title of Emperor Shaoming as a Tibetan Bandit is not much better than the title of Emperor of Khitan as a Northern Bandit.

It's just that I don't know where to start with this indignation. Zhang Yan didn't plan to find anyone to ask, so he had better go to the palace first.

....

Gao Xingzhou also came back from Guizhou to greet him. Guizhou was the Huailai of Beijing in later generations. The Yanqing area had a very large jurisdiction. Zhuozhou, Xuanhua, Zhangjiakou, etc. in Hebei Province all fell under the jurisdiction of Guizhou.

The reason Gao Xingzhou was able to come back to greet him was because Zhe had captured Yunzhou from afar, and the pressure from foreign enemies on Guizhou was almost gone.

Gao Xingzhou recruited some local tycoons in Shanbei, stabilized the local situation, and then ran back.

He, Murong Nobunaga and others had been waiting at Jiqing Palace for a long time. Murong Nobunaga held a list in his hand and reported the numbers to Zhang Gao one by one.

The brocades, cloths, goldware, silverware, calligraphy and paintings, porcelain and even copper coins in Jiqing Palace were all registered and untouched.

There are more than 200 beautiful palace residents in the palace, including not only Han people, but also Khitans, Bohai people and even Zubu people and Jurchens.

But by the time Zhang Yan arrived, many of the beautiful palace officials had almost starved to death.

Because Murong Nobunaga sealed off Jiqing Palace and did not let anyone in or come out.

There is a daily supply of food, but the order in the palace has been lost. In addition, there are small groups and grudges among the palace people, which has actually formed the law of the jungle like the law of the jungle.

She is weak, her beauty is usually envied by others, and she is not liked by others. She is so starved that she loses her shape.

I can’t tell that Murong Nobunaga is quite cruel!

Zhang Yanzhi sighed mentally, but then he remembered the angry looks of the Youzhou people when he entered the city, and looked at Murong Nobunaga thoughtfully and asked.

"How are Zhao Yanshou's funeral affairs handled?"

Murong Nobunaga bent down and replied: "Zhao Yanshou's crime was so heinous that my subordinates wrapped his body and dug a hole outside Fayuan Temple."

Zhang Gao glared at Murong Nobunaga fiercely, and snorted with some annoyance: "I don't do any serious work every day, just think about something."

How can this be that Murong Nobunaga is cruel? This kid is degrading himself!

The Jinyi guards had already penetrated into Youzhou, so Zhang Yan certainly knew what Zhao Yanshou's image was among the people of Youzhou.

In Zhangzhou, Zhao Yanshou was a shameless traitor who took refuge in the Khitan, but in the eyes of the people in Youzhou and other six states of the Lulong Army, Zhao Yanshou was a pitiful man who was betrayed to the Khitan by the Central Plains court just like them.

The people of Youzhou lived under the cruel oppression of the Khitan and regarded Zhao Yanshou as the embodiment of longing for the relatively happy life in the past, so they had deep feelings for Zhao Yanshou.

Zhang Yan agreed to kill Zhao Yanshou because Zhao Yanshou deserved to die due to emotions, reasons, national sentiments, and laws, but he still had to be given the dignity he deserved.

Digging a hole like this is like burying a dead dog without even burying the coffin. No wonder the people of Youzhou looked indignant.

Murong Nobunaga wanted the people of Youzhou to hate him, so that he could offset his achievements in entering Youzhou and make him look less powerful.

Zhang Hao walked towards the palace angrily, walked two steps and then came back to look at Murong Nobunaga and shouted.

"Let these palace men recuperate for a few days, and after feeding them until they are fat and white, any Han women who have families to return to will be released immediately.

Beauties from the Khitan, Jurchen, Bohai, Zubu and other tribes were all given to meritorious soldiers as wives.

Gao Qing immediately exercised his authority as the military envoy of Fan Yangjun in Beiping Prefecture.

You traitor, come in now!"

Zhang Hao was so angry that he even forgot about the prepared ceremony for entering the city.

It was the first time that Murong Nobunaga saw Zhang Yan so angry, so he followed him in with disgrace, leaving only a group of officials staring at him, wondering if the arranged ceremony would still be held.

Li Shengtian was overjoyed! Others were afraid of Zhang Hao's thunderous wrath, but he was not afraid. On the contrary, he was a little gloating about his misfortune.

I remember that when Zhang Yan was under his command, he was exactly the same as Murong Nobunaga, and he helped Cao Yuanxin to prevent him from acquiring more beauties, which made Li Shengtian dizzy with anger.

He directly called to the Jinshan Palace Envoy who was going to make arrangements for the palace, that is, the eunuch who was beside Zhang Gao.

"Leave ten of the most beautiful Khitan palace men here for me to reward the brave men."

If others said this, it would definitely not work. Li Shengtian said, and the Jinshan Palace envoy nodded like a chicken pecking at rice and immediately followed the instructions.

Although this man looks like a foreigner, he actually looks like an emperor.

Then Li Shengtian looked at Zhongshu's assistant minister, Wang Yi's secretary-general Liu Tao and Zhongshu's Zhizhigao Li Fang.

"Derun, Li Mingyuan, what are you doing standing still? This is the glorious moment to regain Yanyun.

Order the civil and military generals to install gold, jade and silver saddles, wear brocade and rich clothes, ride tall horses, and the three armies to wear armor and carry sharp weapons, and show off their martial arts, so that the people of Youzhou will know that the king's division is invincible."

Having said that, Li Shengtian happily took his Khotanese warriors and participated in the activity of patrolling the streets to praise their merits.

Zhang Hao didn't attach great importance to this, but he Li Shengtian did. It happened that the real dragon was not around, so my uncle Li was having a good time.

....

In Jiqing Palace, Zhang Zhi got furious and drove out all the servants and guards, leaving only Murong Nobunaga and him. Murong Nobunaga had already knelt on the ground.

"My lord, please calm down and don't let your anger break your body."

Zhang Yan walked back and forth, pointed his finger at Murong Nobunaga and shouted: "Of course Zhao Yanshou deserves death, but he is also someone's in-law, so just kill him. He deserves to die, but if he dies, he won't be given dignity. You want to let him die?"

What do people in the world think of you?"

After finishing the shouting and scolding, before Murong Nobunaga could speak, Zhang Gao suddenly woke up again.

"No! You Murong Nobunaga has such a delicate mind, you will definitely not do such an unjust thing.

Well, just at the gate of the palace, you deliberately explained that Zhao Yanshou was buried hastily, so that someone could make amends immediately after knowing clearly."

After saying that, Zhang Hao was really angry but felt a little comforted. He looked at Murong Nobunaga speechlessly, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

Murong Nobunaga raised his head and pointed his head straight, "No matter what happens, I will never dare to tarnish your reputation."

Zhang Hao calmed down a little, "Is this what your mother taught you to do? Otherwise, given your personality, and Zhao Yanshou is your brother-in-law, you wouldn't be able to do such a thing."

Murong Nobunaga was stunned and spoke after a long while, "How did your Excellency know?"

Zhang Hao snorted coldly, the strong smell of Lady Cao Sanniang's product choked his throat, what else could he know?

"Then your mother must have given you the example of Wang Jian's attack on Chu, right?"

In this era, although Zizhi Tongjian had not yet appeared, people who read history books still knew about Wang Jian's self-destruction before he attacked Chu. Murong Nobunaga was even more shocked after hearing this.

Because this is indeed the case, when he left, his mother did tell him the story of Wang Jian's self-destruction in attacking Chu, and also advised him to collect more precious beauties to express his ambition to Zhang Yan.

As soon as Zhang Yan saw Murong Nobunaga's expression, he immediately knew that he had guessed correctly. He grabbed a book next to his seat and smashed it, cursing at the same time.

"I usually tell you to study wisely, but you prefer to read some biographies of knight errants and assassins, or read the biography of Champion Marquis, Li Wei Gong, Six Taoist Strategies of War, etc., but you don't learn anything else.

Are you fucking Wang Jian? Are Wang Jian a member of the Qin clan? Why are you imitating his self-destruction?

Wang Jian is just a tiger minister. After he committed suicide, others will know his ambition, and ambitious people will not seek refuge with him. But my son, you are Gao Changgong of Northern Qi!

Do you think Gao Changgong's self-deprecation is effective? He belongs to the clan, and the emperor wants to be suspicious of him. Unless he chops off his own head, Gao Wei will still be suspicious of him."

The more Zhang Gao scolded, the angrier he became, and he also felt a little emotional in his heart. Although the Guiyi Army was a flag for the Han Dynasty in the northwest, due to its extremely remote location, its force value was acceptable, but its culture was still a bit poor. The Dunhuang athletes who have emerged in recent years

, most of them have this problem.

Even for a smart person like Ms. Cao Sanniang, her intelligence is actually a natural talent, and it comes from too little acquired practice.

It is unthinkable for a clan to follow the example of a courtier like Wang Jian who defiled himself.

Murong Nobunaga was completely confused. Even though the eldest son was already twenty-eight years old, he had a wide circle of friends, he was powerful in battle, and he valued love and righteousness. No matter how you looked at it, he was already a master with a tiger on a dragon's side.

But in fact, the inner spiritual support of this eldest son comes from his mother, Cao Sanniang.

He lost his father when he was young, and his father died before he could understand anything. From birth to growing up, everything was arranged by his strong mother.

All of his character development, including how to make friends and even horse riding and archery, were all completed under the influence of his mother.

In Murong Nobunaga's heart, his mother had no plans left, including twelve years ago, when his mother suddenly told him, who was sixteen years old and could be considered an adult, that she wanted to get married. Murong Nobunaga protested by running away from home.

, but in the end they all agreed with their mother’s decision.

Because Mrs. Cao Sanniang only had to tell Murong Nobunaga that she had found an absolutely reliable father and future support for Nobunaga's son, and all of Murong Nobunaga's ideals could be realized relying on this father.

Even though Murong Nobunaga struggled repeatedly, he finally chose to believe it because his mother never left any plan unturned.

However, today, the law he firmly believed in was broken by Zhang Hao, and he suddenly became a little at a loss. He looked at Zhang Hao blankly and asked the most sincere question in his heart.

"Your Majesty said this, but what should I do? I have made many meritorious deeds over the years, and many people follow me.
To be continued...