On November 29, 2018 (950), Empress Dowager Li came to the court. Guo Wei's partner Wang Jun was appointed as the Privy Councilor. Wang Yin, Guo Chongwei and Cao Ying, who were fighting together, were appointed as the eldest, second and third of the Central Imperial Guards Division. Everyone was waiting in the capital for the new emperor Liu Yun to start work. Suddenly one day gave a good opportunity to fall from the sky and hit Guo Wei again: A year later, the Khitans came to invade the border again! This incident is very convenient. It is easy to associate people with the military emergency reports before the Chenqiao mutiny nine years later, but this is different. Guo Wei's urgent reports are true. Not only are there records in the history of the Five Dynasties, but "History of Liao·Shizong Ji" also records that "in October of the fourth year of Tianlu, he was attacked south and captured Anping, Neiqiu, Shulu and other cities." The urgent reports before the Chenqiao mutiny are likely to be fake, and are a work of the tribute to the teacher by Guo Wei's good student Zhao Kuangyin (the Chenqiao mutiny chapter in this book will have a more detailed analysis).

Let’s do some calculations: On November 15, Guo Wei led a large army to clear the lord, arrived in Chanzhou on the 16th, and arrived in Huazhou on the 17th. On the 20th, he arrived in the northern suburbs of Kaifeng. But in just 5 days, he arrived in the capital. And now? On December 1, Guo Wei’s army left the capital, arrived in Huazhou on the 15th, and arrived in Chanzhou on the 16th. In this way, when can he reach the border and when can he fight back against the Khitan invasion? What is Guo Wei doing? He is polishing these soldiers who only have money in their eyes!

The soldiers began to feel uneasy. They started to rob money in the city, not thinking of supporting Guo Wei as emperor. They thought that Boss Guo could be the emperor naturally, but he was robbing money by orders and was guilty of being guilty. But at this moment, a man named Liu Yun was rushing to Kaifeng. Even at such a speed as himself, he would climb to Kaifeng one day. When the time comes, he would probably not be able to save his head. Isn't this? On the 15th, the future emperor Liu Yun, who came to the west with Feng Dao, had sent someone to Huazhou's Pao Army. Wang Yin looked at Guo Wei who was eating meat and drinking with a big bowl of wine and whispered: There was rumors outside that the Liu family was reinstated, and the entire army would have no seeds. Guo Wei nodded, and still drank and ate meat. He had enough food and ordered the whole army to set off and go to Chanzhou.

After resting in Chanzhou for three days, on December 19, Guo Wei ordered to cross the river and continue moving forward.

At noon during the march, Guo Wei suddenly called Wang Yin, the commander of the cavalry and infantry commander of the Guards (i.e. the Central Imperial Guards) (the official title of the boss of the Guards): Xiao Wang, do you see the thing in front of you? Wang Yin widened his eyes: No. Didn't see it. Guo Wei asked again: Look carefully, there seems to be something in front of my horse. Wang Yin looked again, and asked again: What? Guo Wei looked at Xiao Wang, and said again: It seems like a ball of air hovering on my horse's head. Wang Yin understood: It's true. I saw it. Guo Wei asked again: What color is it? The smart Wang Yin answered immediately: purple.

Guo Wei smiled and kept riding his horse and continued to move forward. Wang Yin also smiled.

On the second day, an unknown post station might be called Guo Qiao. Thousands of soldiers outside were clamoring loudly. Guo Wei heard it, but he did not move and ordered the door to be closed. He fully demonstrated his attitude of not taking the initiative, not refusing, and not being responsible. The soldiers used all their skills when robbing money that day, and they climbed the wall and crossed the house. Guo Wei pretended to be surprised: What are you doing? Do you still know the imperial law? Everyone laughed: Of course, they asked the general to establish the imperial law. After that, they rushed forward. One person rushed up from behind, tore a yellow flag, and quickly wrapped it on Guo Wei. The soldiers were on the ground and shouted long live. Guo Wei had no choice but to sigh: You are trapping me for injustice. For the lives of you, I had to give up myself.

The 24-year-old Zhao Kuangyin saw this scene. Maybe he was the one who climbed over the wall, maybe the one who closed the door, or maybe the one who tore the yellow flag...

Guo Wei returned to Beijing. On December 25, he returned to Qilidian outside Bianliang City. On the 20th, in just 5 days, Guo Wei returned to Bianliang from Chanzhou. On that day, Guo Wei took 15 days from Bianliang to Chanzhou, plus the three days of rest, a total of 19 days...

What? Ask me about the Khitan army? Let’s see his ghost! We have more important things to do - we must first settle the country when fighting foreign countries. And can you imagine that the soldiers who just robbed their capital will empathize with the suffering of the people on the frontier?

Now that the city of Bianliang is in chaos, Guo Wei is back. And this time it is not to clear the king's side, but he is going to be the emperor. Empress Dowager Li tried her best and thought he could escape this difficulty, but what should come is still coming. What should I do? Recruiting officials to discuss, but people can't find them. The officials went out to welcome the new king. This time they no longer need to do multiple-choice questions, they just need to hand in a topic and essay to submit the questions. The topic is to persuade them to advance. This is not difficult. Many people have drafts, and they can copy the names of the protagonists and hand them over.

Liu Yun, who was proud of the spring, followed Feng Dao all the way west, and now he arrived in Songzhou. Someone came to pick him up again. It was the commander of the Sima Army of the Guard (the second guard of the second guard). Guo Chongwei and the seven hundred cavalrymen. "The Chanzhou mutiny, Guo Gong sent me to protect Your Majesty. Please rest assured, there is no malice." However, Liu Yun asked Guo Chongwei to enter the city, but he did not dare to come in. Until Feng Dao left the city and asked, Guo Cai and Feng climbed the city together. Guo Chongwei's timid and shrinking abnormality had been noticed, and it was clear that Liu Yun went to Bianliang to send sheep into the tiger's mouth. Liu Yun's secretary Dong Yi judged the situation for him: there must be a strange plan; he pointed out the danger of advancement: Your Majesty goes deeper and it will be a disaster; he also provided a solution: seize troops (order Zhang Lingchao to rob Chongwei with his troops at night) rob money (to plunder Suiyang gold and silk tomorrow) recruit soldiers (recruit soldiers) retreat (go north to Taiyuan)

It’s a pity that Liu Yun, who was blinded by the huge temptation of the throne, was still fantasizing: Guo Chongwei called Guo Wei the name just now, which shows that Guo Wei did not really become the emperor. That night, all of Zhang Lingchao’s soldiers were taken over by Guo Chongwei, and Feng Dao, who came to pick him, wanted to return to the capital alone. At this moment of dynasty change, there were too many etiquettes that needed an old man like Feng Dao to preside over. At this time, Liu Yun still did not give up and placed his last hope on Feng Dao. "I am here, and I rely on the old prime minister for thirty years. Therefore, I do not doubt it." Before entering the Bianliang Palace, he already called himself me. But this man only knew the glorious history of Feng Dao being a prime minister for thirty years, but he did not understand that Feng Dao was a high-ranking official for thirty years and did not fall.

Finally, Liu Yun refused his suggestion to kill Feng Dao. Feng Dao left. Liu Yun, who was alone, was invited by Guo Chongwei to a small black room and imprisoned. On the 26th, Empress Dowager Li officially issued an edict, and Liu Yun was demoted to Xiangyin Duke. His emperor only made a halfway trip. It only ran his entire life from Xuzhou to Songzhou.

In fact, Liu Yun is not the worst one, because Liu Xin, one of the four major candidates, has committed suicide by hanging himself.

During the mutiny of Guo Wei, his closest partner Wang Jun was staying in Bianliang City. The two brothers were really in tune with each other. After learning about the mutiny, he immediately sent two groups of troops, one by Guo Chongwei who went to "guard" Liu Yun, and the other by Ma Duo who went to Xuzhou (Liu Xin's residence). Originally, Liu Xin was panicked for a while when he heard that Guo Wei had sent the king to Beijing. But in just two days, he heard that Guo Wei had retired and the throne reached his nephew Liu Yun. Liu Xin, who was secretly glad to ask his son to go to Xuzhou to welcome the new emperor. But the situation took a sharp turn. The mutiny of Chanzhou, Guo Wei became emperor, and Ma Duo came to inspect. What's there to do? Isn't it just to kill me? Liu Xin, who was unable to sleep, couldn't think of it and committed suicide.

On the night of December 29, before the establishment of the Later Zhou Dynasty, there was one thing that must be explained. That night, someone in the generals and school camp in the Guards' Army were drunk and threatened: Guo Wei was supported by the Guards' Army, and the current Guards' Army also planned to establish a new emperor, so everyone pks it. Guo Wei killed the unknown leader of the Guards' Army that night. However, when he thought about himself, there have been many incidents of soldiers arbitrarily deposed and established emperors in the five generations. So Guo, who wanted to prevent trouble, had been around for five generations.

Wei carried out a thorough reform of the Central Imperial Army, dividing it into two parts: one part is still the original Guard Division (the chief official title is called the commander of the guard Sima Infantry Commander), and another new part is called the Palace Front Division (the chief official title is called the Palace Front Division Inspection), which passes the two departments to control and balance each other. However, human calculations are not as good as the heavenly calculations. Guo Wei, who had done all the calculations, never expected that it was the official position of the Palace Front Division and the Palace Inspection Commission, which he established himself, which would become the nightmare of his successor Chai Rong and his Later Zhou Dynasty.
Chapter completed!