And as both Zhang Lieming and Jiao Jixun realized, these people used every move to target the two sensitive words Hedong and Daibei. I am afraid they really wanted to arouse Zhang Yan's reaction to the non-Hexi Longyou pro-army and the Imperial Army.

of alertness.

Therefore, although he was very angry in his heart, and indeed a little worried and distrustful, Zhang Yan still suppressed it all.

He sighed helplessly and continued to say to Jiao Jixun: "Don't be so arbitrary when you speak in the future. Do you know that just these two sentences you just said will probably make you lose your head in the future."

Jiao Jixun also realized that what he just said was not what he should say.

But after hearing Zhang Yan's words of not treating him as an outsider, he was immediately moved and couldn't help himself. The worries that had just arisen in his heart were immediately forgotten by him.

“With the Holy Emperor on the throne, naturally there will be outspoken ministers like me.

Although An Sizhong was born in Daibei, starting from his father, few members of the family could achieve high positions.

Now that he is rebelling alone, he cannot be compared with the warriors from Daibei and Hedong. This is a plot set by traitors. Please be aware of it, the sage."

"Hmph!" Zhang Hao snorted coldly, "If I hadn't noticed better, I would have ordered the killing of you Jiao Zhi right now, and the purge in the army would have started long ago.

Tell me, what does the decline of the An Sizhong family have to do with me?

As soon as he was surrendered, I rescued him from the Khitans and promoted him to the position of General Yuhou, why would he do this?"

As Zhang Yan spoke, he pulled Jiao Jixun up with his own hands, and Jiao Jixun quickly said: "An Sizhong's family is actually a descendant of the nine surnames of Zhaowu. They believe in Buddhism most of all. It is said that An's mother cut off her right arm to give alms five years ago."

"Sick!" Zhang Zhan cursed angrily with a livid face.

There is a very disgusting trend in Buddhism at this time, that is, believers like to use self-mutilation to show their devotion to Buddhism.

Usually, methods such as scalding the face with hot oil, burning the face and hands with fierce fire, or even cutting off the arms or even thighs are used. The more cruel the method, the more pious it is.

Temples often encourage this practice. Even when a believer cuts off his hands and feet to donate, the temple will give him medicine and food to raise him, thinking that he has Buddha nature. Some temples will also compete with each other to compare the piety of who donates the body.

There are more believers.

And this approach further stimulates comparisons among believers.

There are even some who are not believers and risk self-harm simply for the sake of food provided by the temple.

Although An Sichong's family has declined, he is still a member of Daibei and Hedong warriors.

Even if Zhang Zhou was not the traditional Shatuo regime in Hedong, Zhang Zhou's close general Yuhou, although he could not be said to be rich and powerful, was by no means an ordinary family.

In this kind of family, An's mother even cut off her right arm to give alms. It can be seen that this is true piety.

It is not surprising that a son educated by such a crazy religious mother would be bribed by Buddhism.

"Sage, I learned through investigation that An Sizhong's family once had a large estate in Daizhou, Hedong. After the imperial court recovered Daizhou, An Sizhong wanted to take back the property, but he could not provide any evidence, and in the end he only took back a piece of property.

With more than a hundred acres, An Sizhong often complained." This time it was Li Xiaojie who spoke.

Zhang Hao nodded. If there were religious reasons and economic reasons, then they would all work together.

"This is all due to your dereliction of duty. Marquis Yu, who is always by my side as a bodyguard and a close military general, not only has such strange things going on in his family, but also often complains. No one takes him seriously, hum!"

Zhang Gao was still angry, so he stepped forward and kicked Zhang Liecheng, knocking him to the ground while he was kneeling on the ground.

"Zhang Lie was made Marquis of Yecheng and became Yecheng Bo, and was fined one year's salary. Zhang Lieming and Li Xiaojie were also fined one year each."

With that said, Zhang Yan looked at Jiao Jixun, who immediately knelt down on the ground and said, "I would like to deprive you of my title and resign from the post of General of the Right Guards."

"You have resigned, and I am left to do everything by myself? What will it look like if you run away whenever something happens?

Jiao Jixun was removed from the post of Zhonglang General of the Right Divine Wei Guard, and ordered to command the envoys with the title of Zhonglang General, and deprived of all ranks and honors.

Take good care of the right divine guard for me, and don't let anything go wrong again. If something goes wrong again, I won't be able to do anything about it.
Chapter completed!