Chapter 774 You are riding a tiger and I am being roasted on the fire

Author: Middle-aged paper tiger

Hu Jinsi is now riding a tiger with difficulty, but in fact Qian Hongchu, the king of Wuyue Kingdom, was 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 were almost gone.

Especially during the Qian Zuo period, this teenage king killed a lot of people in order to take back power from his officials in the Eastern and Western Prefectures.

And instead of killing someone after he made it clear that he was wrong, he would just let the Nei Ya soldiers go and kill the whole family without even making up the reasons for who he disliked.

Good guy, if this were in other dynasties, hiding armor would indeed be a serious crime, but this is the fifth generation! Who doesn’t have a few sets of armor at home with a little bit of courage?

This ridiculous reason is as outrageous as later generations saying that someone who has a kitchen knife at home is hiding a controlled knife.

At the same time, Qian Zuo's killing speed and CD cooldown were also very fast. He was the king for five or six years in total, and he actually ruled for two years at most, but he killed powerful people all over the east and west.

It would be an exaggeration to say that more than 70% of the powerful ministers in the East and West Prefectures of Wuyue Kingdom had relatives 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 for a long time. 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 Wuyue 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 being gentle and lenient 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, and 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, and he felt 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 old and confused.

Or if Hu Jinsi dies in a hurry and his son Hu Jing controls the Hu family's soldiers and Dongfu powerful men, 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-shouldered 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 it is 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 wars and revolutions. 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.

I think back in the Five Dynasties, when the situation was chaotic, the people in the Central Plains wanted a peace dog but could not get one. However, the people in the two Zhejiang provinces of Wu and Yue 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, and they only had Qian Liu and Qian Yuan.

, the contribution of three generations of Qian Hongchu’s grandfather and grandson.

In later generations, during the Republic period, the Qian family was able to produce so many descendants who were famous all over the world. Perhaps it was the virtue that these three generations of Wuyue kings had accumulated for their descendants.

Even the angel Zhang Chengfu 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 ordinary 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 they 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 Jiangnan situation, 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 with some resistance, welcomed 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 the King's City of Wuyue or the palace.

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 permission from the court to make him 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 Xi's uncle, but also his father in name and the emperor. He also inherited the most representative title of Duke of Nanyang County of the Zhang family.

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.

His biological father Zhang Huaiqing.

As an angel with such a figure, Qian Hongchu would not dare to wait in the royal city. He had arrived five hundred steps inside the Qiantang Gate early to wait.

The person who greeted him when he came out of Qiantang Gate was Qian Hongchu's elder brother, the military envoy of Ningde Army and the Marquis of Wuxing Qian Hongyuan.

When Qian Hongxuan went out to welcome him, Wang Sheng from Huzhou, one of the two Wuyue Neiya soldiers who followed Zhang Yan out of the fortress, also returned to Hangzhou.

In front of Zhang Chengfu, he announced the imperial court's reward to Wang Sheng, including brocade, refined sugar, BMW, and spices, worth hundreds of dollars.

Qian Hongyuan also followed Qian Hongchu's order and promoted the king to Yuhou, the capital of Wuyue Neiya Zuoma Infantry Army on the spot.

In addition, at this time, news of brothers Zhou Fengyi and Zhou Fenquan in 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.

Prince's Mansion, Ying'en Hall.

After Qian Hongchu welcomed Zhang Chengfu, he immediately took Zhang Chengfu's arm and walked with him.

The two of them rode together in Qian Hongchu's car, and their attitude was cordial, just like a junior treating an elder.

Qian Hongchu didn't care about other people's eyes at all. In his opinion, what he was holding on to was Zhang Chengfu's arm, which was a life-saving straw!

The maids, fluttering like butterflies, served freshly picked tea and all kinds of colorful Jiangnan cakes, which were served up like a stream of water.

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 began to become obsessed with tea. The tea soup that added salt, mutton fat, pepper, garlic, and tangerine peel in the past 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 he 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 difference.

Of course Zhang Chengfu would not sit in that seat, and he even knew that Qian Hongchu was testing him.

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 before Zhang Yan returned to Dunhuang.

Because at that time, their family was just being praised by the Cao family, proving that the Cao family was not trying to steal the Zhang family's foundation, but 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, and even the sons of the Cao family cannot be rich, so who will 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 Zhi had no brothers and all his sons were young. Borrowing from Zhang Huaiqing, Zhang Chengfu and his son had many problems.

Therefore, Zhang Chengfu has grown rapidly in these years, which proves that the saying that times make heroes is still reasonable.

Moreover, on such an important occasion, it is impossible for Zhang Yan to let Zhang Chengfu take charge 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 in the Southern Tang Dynasty court and cursed him. He was called

He is the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites of the current Ban Dingyuan, and serves as Wang Jiu, the Marquis of Yuan.

The person on Zhang Chengfu's right is Zhao Jingangnu, who just made a splash on the battlefield in Mobei.

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 military commander of Wuyue Neiya. He was originally a confidant of the previous generation king Qian Hongzong, but now he has taken refuge with Hu Jinsi.

When He Chengxun saw Hu Jinsi's eyes, he hesitated for a moment and finally gritted his teeth. Then he deliberately put on a contemptuous look, and his sitting posture began to become crooked.

At this time, Zhang Chengfu was answering questions with Qian Hongchu. Qian Hongchu first expressed his loyalty to Emperor Shaoming to Zhang Chengfu, and Zhang Chengfu also conveyed the emperor's greetings to Qian Hongchu.

He Chengxun put on such an expression at this time, which was naturally a provocation.

Zhao Jingangnu 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 allow anyone to look down on the emperor, even with a look.

At this time, 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 brave men in Wu and Yue, and the Nei Ya soldiers under the king's command are even more brave. A certain young man from a certain family is very happy to see them, and would like to see the glory of Yue."

After saying that, without waiting for Qian Hongchu to 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. 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.
To be continued...