On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, when Zhang Zhao was about to enter Hezhong Mansion, Yelu Deguang summoned the military commanders from all over the Later Jin Dynasty who were under house arrest in Chongning Palace in Tokyo.
With the help of two traitors, Zhao Yanshou and Feng Yu, Yelu Deguang classified the commanders of the later Jin Dynasty into different categories.
Among them, Wang Zhou, Fu Yanqing, An Shenqi, Yao Yuanfu, and He Xianjian showed their dissatisfaction overtly and covertly, and were identified as unavailable.
It didn't matter to Xue Huairang, Pan Huan, and Song Yanyun that they were not serving anyone's orders, so they were identified as people who could not be released outside.
Zhao Zaili, An Shuqian, Li Yin, and Hou Yi, who readily bowed their knees and even came to fawn over them, were identified as reusable.
As for heavyweights like Du Chongwei and Li Shouzhen, of course we must treat them with care again and make them our confidants.
Moreover, Yelv Deguang is also very discerning. Perhaps it is because those who surrendered are all crooked, which makes me, Brother Guang, a bit embarrassed.
He actually took a look at Deguang and identified Gao Xingzhou, who had been passively resisting, as someone who could be reused.
The reason is very simple, because Gao Xingzhou is Du Chongwei's son and daughter-in-law. Birds of a feather flock together, so Gao Xingzhou is willing to marry his daughter to Du Chongwei, and presumably he doesn't mind being a minister of the Liao Kingdom.
I feel a little negative now, but that’s because I haven’t received any benefits, so I have no motivation.
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After Gao Xingzhou found out, he was speechless for a long time, and didn't know whether to cry or regret being married to Du Chongwei.
After finishing the appraisal drama of Deguang, Yelv Deguang started to attack Buddhism.
Of course, he didn't dare to do what Sanwu did to destroy the Buddha. The Khitan people believed in these ghosts and gods. If there was no other way, Yelu Deguang would not dare to put his hand into the Buddhist money bag.
Therefore, he did not come forward on his own, but pushed out his uncle Xiao Shilu, who had repeatedly failed in battles.
This Xiao Shilu was severely beaten by various generals from Yong and Jin countries. Even now that he has entered Tokyo, he is still like a gray grandson.
But because he was Yelu Deguang's biological uncle, he had a high status, so there was no one more suitable than him to take charge of the temple bank.
But the problem is, Xiao Shilu is also afraid! If he blackmails the temple so blatantly, isn't he afraid of being killed by thunder from the sky?
So after a few days of procrastination, after Zhang Zhaodu had entered Hezhong Mansion, under the threat of Yelu Deguang that either I would kill you or the Buddha would kill you with thunder, Xiao Shilu chose to keep it first.
Take your life.
On the ninth day of the fifth lunar month, Xiao Shilu called the great masters led by Daxiangguo Temple, Daguanyin Temple, and Baiyige Temple to the mansion in the name of discussing great religious matters.
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The monks in the temples suddenly looked at each other. They never expected that there would be people who came to the temples and transformed themselves into monks!
The great monks collectively sternly rejected Xiao Shilu's request and angrily rebuked Xiao Shilu on the spot. Wouldn't he be afraid of going to Abi Hell after his death?
Xiao Shilu could only smile bitterly in his heart, what could he do? If he hadn't come forward like this, he would probably have to go to hell now before he died.
So it doesn't make sense, so let's do physics. Let's have a hungry meal first. Xiao Shilu tried to persuade the monks earnestly while sealing off the mansion to prevent the monks from going out.
As long as the masters admit that the Daliao banknote is as valid as the Hexi banknote, they will release him immediately.
Moreover, Daliao Banknotes are not like Hexi Banknotes, which are estimated to be issued in tens of millions of coins. They only need 500,000 coins.
However, if you talk to a monk in Tokyo about Buddhism, these masters may be defeated, but if you talk to him about finance, they will be well-connected.
They dared to accept the banknotes from Hexi, apparently because Hexi had exclusive best-selling products such as white sugar, rock sugar, and cotton, and Zhang Zhao also had a large number of Buddhist treasures that they coveted as collateral.
Hexi was stuck at a key point in the trade route. The trade route was also opened by King Yong, and merchants had this demand, so they would accept Hexi banknotes.
There was also a tacit agreement secretly, that is, Zhang Zhao would not spread the Buddhism from Hexi to the Central Plains, and would not seek the status of the Wheel-turning Dharma King and the Supreme Heavenly Dharma King in the Central Plains. That was why the monks in the Central Plains agreed to cooperate with Zhang Zhao.
This thing has to be the right time, place and people. How could Xiao Shilu or Yelu De want to touch it by force just by opening their mouths? How is it possible?
As for hungry people, they cannot be allowed to give in, because the bank finance industry can be said to be the lifeblood of monks in temples such as Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo and Luoyang in Xijing.
The profits earned by the Daxiangguo Temple alone by absorbing savings and lending have already far exceeded those from donors and incense and silver.
They also know that as long as it is started, there is no way to stop the use of banknotes to get money for nothing. The first time will be followed by countless times, and it will always be the last time.
Xiao Shilu starved the masters for a day. Before the masters could bear it anymore, Yelu Deguang couldn't wait any longer.
In desperation, Uncle Xiao Guo could only use the Khitan's best method and come directly to the door to force him.
On May 11, under the urging of Yelu Deguang, Xiao Shilu broke out completely and broke into the Daxiangguo Temple at night under the name of a Huazhou bandit.
Under the guidance of the bribed monks, more than 100,000 guan of silver were taken away from the basement of Daxiangguo Temple.
At this point, the monks, who had been hungry for two days, saw that Yelu Deguang really dared to show off his face and even refused to give the Buddha face, so they had no choice but to give in temporarily.
The money accumulated in the joint bank of the Buddhist temples in the two capitals is as high as three to four million guan. If all of it is stolen by the Khitans, the Buddhist monastery in the two capitals will be doomed.
And if the Khitan people were willing to take out the printed Daliao banknotes and hold on, they could still eat the five hundred thousand yuan, and even their losses would be quickly recouped from their books.
However, the masters must not have imagined that there is such a thing as a run on this thing, and they would have never imagined that recognizing the Khitan's banknotes would have offended my king, Zhang.
Of course, they have not lost much at the moment. On May 13th, Yelu Deguang claimed that the Buddhist sects in the two capitals had voluntarily donated 360,000 yuan to support the Liao Dynasty in exterminating the Tibetan bandits, regaining Guanzhong, and restoring peace to the world.
This money, plus the money taken away by Xiao Shilu, was exactly 500,000 guan. Yelu Deguang actually ordered Zhang Li to print and deliver 500,000 guan of Daliao silver notes.
After getting this done, Yelu Deguang finally felt relieved.
You don't think he knows that there are a large number of former Jin Dynasty civil and military personnel and even tooth soldiers who save money in temple banks such as Daxiangguo Temple.
He must have known that if the Daxiangguo Temple was really to be raided, wouldn't these people immediately rise up to rebel?
What is happening now is that Daxiangguo Temple and other temple banks have an extra 500,000 yuan in bad debts, which has caused hardship to the masters, but the interests of the soldiers are still protected.
On May 15th, Yelu Deguang swore an oath in Kaifeng Mansion, Tokyo, expressing his intention to personally conquer the country and annihilate the Tibetan thief Zhang Zhao who occupied Guanzhong.
While he rewarded the former Jin soldiers and generals, he ordered the Khitan soldiers and generals who were still in the grass-grazing valley not to plunder again.
For this reason, Yelv Deguang also publicly punished some Khitan nobles who disobeyed orders. The highlight was dragging out Zhang Yanze and Fu Zhuer.
These two idiots were the instigators of the massive robbery in Tokyo that later made it impossible for the Khitan troops to stop the robbery. It can be said that they got off to a very bad start.
Amid shouts of death, Zhang Yanze, Fu Zhuer and more than 20 Khitan and Han people were dragged to the street and paraded.
The people of Tokyo, who deeply hated them, followed closely with wooden sticks in hand. Before they could reach the execution ground, these twenty people were beaten into a pulp.
Among them, Zhang Yanze, the most evil-doer, had almost only a piece of skin left when he arrived at the execution ground.
After killing Zhang Yanze and Fu Zhuer, and rewarding all the troops, some people's hearts were slightly restored.
Yelu Deguang announced that the Han army would have Wei Wang Zhao Yanshou as the general, Li Shouzhen and Gao Xingzhou as the left and right deployment envoys, Xue Huairang, Pan Huan and others as the formation envoys, and An Shenqi, Fu Yanqing and others as the military and horse envoys, but later
The person was almost held hostage.
In addition, Yelu Deguang appointed Du Chongwei as the military governor of Songzhou's Returned Army, to appease the Returned Army's soldiers, resist the Hu Jile who had been harassing them from the north, and annihilate the "bandits" in Chenzhou and Bozhou.
"I Have a Picture Book of Ghosts and Gods"
Another shameless master, Zhao Zaili, was appointed by Yelu Deguang as the military governor of Weizhou Yicheng Army to guard the Yellow River Floating Bridge for Yelu Deguang.
Historically, this old man came all the way to pay homage to Yelu Deguang, but was extorted money by King Xi Renwei. He also heard that Yelu Deguang had seduced the ministers of the Jin Dynasty, so he was so frightened that he hanged himself in the stable.
But at this time, due to Zhang Zhao's threat, the Khitan people as a whole were much more gentle than at the same time in history, so Zhao Zaili not only lived well, but also gained important use.
After the arrangements were made, Yelu Deguang chose to set off on the same day. In this battle, Yelu Deguang recruited 60,000 Khitan and Liao troops, and the Jin army surrendered 30,000 soldiers. A total of 90,000 people, known as 150,000, marched westward along the Yellow River by land and water.
, conquered Zhang Zhao.
Before the army set off, Yelv Deguang appointed Cui Tingxun, a Han from the Liao Kingdom, as the military governor of the three towns in Heyang, and Geng Chongmei as the military governor of the Shaanzhou Baoyi Army. He headed west in advance, intending to control various places, establish supply points, and firmly control both sides of the Yellow River.
Since he did not know and could not imagine that Zhao Kuangzan had betrayed him, Yelv Deguang's plan was to go to Hezhong Prefecture to rely on the dangers of mountains and rivers to fight Zhang Zhao decisively without receiving any warning from Hezhong Prefecture.
Therefore, the Shaanzhou Baoyi Army Jiedu Envoy Geng Chongmei and Heyang Sanzhen Jiedu Envoy Cui Tingxun who went ahead did not have many troops at all.
Among them, as the most important Shaanzhou after Hezhong Prefecture, Geng Chongmei went to take office. He only had 600 soldiers and horses in his headquarters. King Xi Lala led 3,000 Xi infantry. The Jin army surrendered, and the capital of Ning State, Yuhou Wuxingde, led a thousand Han troops to accompany him.
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This chapter has been completed!