Chapter 364 Defection
"It's true that the surname is Hu. Do you know these two people?" Cao Wei nodded first, then looked at Li Zhang with some curiosity and asked. He didn't have a deep impression of Zhang Fu and the other two. After all, he had only met once. If Li Zhang had not mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten that he had met them once.
"It's also considered to be acquaintance. Today, Zhang Fu actually went to my house to propose marriage for a while, but was beaten by my family..." Li Zhang said roughly about what happened today, but he did not mention the scholar surnamed Hu.
In fact, Zhang Yuan also had a very good friend. His original surname was Hu, but later he changed his name to Wu Hao, Zhang Yuan, and Wu Hao. When they connected, they just hid Li Yuanhao's name in it. It was through these two names that they attracted Li Yuanhao's attention when they arrived in Xixia, and later they also helped Li Yuanhao establish Xixia. However, Wu Hao's reputation was not obvious, but Zhang Yuan was a great minister.
"It's really shameless. These scholars are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality in their daily lives, but in fact they are secretly full of thieves and prostitutes!" Cao Wei immediately slapped the table and said furiously after hearing this. However, he scolded all scholars. Of course, this is normal. After all, as military generals, they were suppressed by civil servants. On the surface, they dare not have an attack, but they secretly scolded those civil servants.
After confirming that Zhang Fu is Zhang Yuan in history, Li Zhang immediately said goodbye to Cao Wei, then returned to his office and stayed for a while, and immediately left martial arts again. It would be fine if he didn't know about it before. Since he knew Zhang Fu's true identity, he naturally could not allow the other party to defect to Xixia again.
Zhang Yuan was indeed very talented. With his help, Li Yuanhao established the country with a small party and a three-legged relationship with the Song and Liao dynasties, and even defeated the attacks of the Song and Liao dynasties one after another. This can be regarded as a miracle in history.
If Zhang Yuan only helped Li Yuanhao, Li Zhang would not hate him too much. After all, everyone has their own ambitions, and the Song Dynasty did not give him the opportunity to develop. It would be normal for him to go to other countries to develop. However, Zhang Yuanqian shouldn't have been sure, and he actually advised Li Yuanhao to point the finger at the Song Dynasty, especially in the Battle of Haoshuichuan, where the Song army suffered more than 10,000 casualties. Afterwards, Zhang Yuan even wrote a poem to satirize the civil officials of the Song Dynasty, and did not feel any guilt at all.
In addition, after the founding of the Western Xia Kingdom, it harassed the border of the Song Dynasty for many years. There was a life-capturing army in the Western Xia, which was an army that specifically captured the people of the Song Dynasty as slaves. It can be said that the Western Xia was a vampire lying on the Song Dynasty. It was the blood, sweat and tears of the people of the Song Dynasty that feeded the robbers of the Western Xia.
Thinking of the above, Li Zhang couldn't help but hate Zhang Yuan even more. He immediately rushed back home, and then found the wild dog and gave a few instructions. Then the wild dog immediately left the house. Li Zhang asked him to find Zhang Yuan's residence and monitor the other party's every move. If he had the chance, Li Zhang would not mind getting rid of this hidden danger directly.
The wild dog is extremely efficient and comes back in the evening. Then Li Zhang takes him to the study. Then the wild dog immediately said: "I found it. He lives in a small inn in the south of the city, and there is also a man named Hu living with him."
"As it turns out, did they say anything?" Li Zhang nodded immediately. He knew that Zhang Yuan and the man surnamed Hu should be together. Moreover, Zhang Yuan was hit by twenty major boards today and would definitely not be able to leave Beijing. It is estimated that they will stay in that small inn during this period.
"I said a lot. At first, Zhang Fu was scolding you and the prefect of Kaifeng. Later, the man surnamed Hu advised him a few words, which made him stop. Then the two of them quarreled over something." Wild Dog replied again.
"What's the matter?" Li Zhang asked again when he heard this.
"These two have participated in the imperial examinations many times, but they failed the exam every time. They were also very annoyed about this. They thought the court was blind, so they wanted to leave the Song Dynasty. But the place they wanted to go was inconsistent, so they had an argument..."
The wild dog talked about the quarrel between Zhang Yuan and the others. It turned out that Zhang Yuan and the two of them felt that they had the talent of the world, but they failed the exam many times, which made them resentful to the court. As the saying goes, "The tree is moved to die, and the person is moved to live." So they wanted to leave the Song Dynasty, but the scholar surnamed Hu wanted to go to Liao Kingdom, while Zhang Yuan wanted to go to Dangxiang in the northwest.
It has to be said that Zhang Yuan is very sensible. Even though Dang Xiang was almost destroyed by the Song Dynasty before, he still saw that the northwest land had great potential. There were already many forces, but Dang Xiang was the strongest one among them. Moreover, compared with the Liao Kingdom, there were no talents on Dang Xiang at all. If they went there, they would be more likely to be reused. On the contrary, the upper interests of the Liao Kingdom had long been divided up, and it would be difficult for them to find a way to rise if they went there.
However, the scholar Hu was still suspicious of Dangxiang. After all, in his opinion, the only one who could compare with the Song Dynasty was the Liao Kingdom. Dangxiang was just a barbaric tribe outside the country. If they went there, they might not even be able to save their lives, let alone display their ambitions.
Just from the courage shown by Shusheng Hu, we can know the reason why his reputation will not be revealed in the future. After all, those who do great things do not even want to take risks. It is no wonder that Zhang Yuan became the military advisor of Xixia in the future. However, although he opposes now, according to the original history, he finally agreed to go to Dangxiang, but now Li Zhang will definitely not let such a thing happen.
"Wild Dog, is there any way for people to die without knowing it?" Li Zhang pondered for a moment before looking up at the wild dog. He originally did not plan to take action so early, but now Zhang Yuan and the others are about to defect. For the sake of countless soldiers and civilians on the northwest border of the Song Dynasty, Li Zhang felt that it would be better to let them die sooner.
"Yes, do you want to kill one or two?" Wild Dog nodded immediately. As long as it was Li Zhang's decision, he would never question it, because he knew that Li Zhang must have his reasons for doing this.
"Two, but don't do it now. After all, we just had a conflict with Zhang Yuan. After a while, his injury is about to be cured before taking action. During this period, you should pay attention to their movements and don't let them run away." Li Zhang touched his chin and said again. Although Zhang Yuan was the mastermind, the scholar surnamed Hu was not a good thing, and they had decided to be a traitor, so they had to bear the consequences of being a traitor.
Hearing Li Zhang's order, the wild dog immediately agreed and then withdrew to prepare. Through Zhang Yuan's incident, Li Zhang also thought of Li Yuanhao in the northwest again. He did not expect that Li Yuanhao, who was already disabled, would rekindle his life. He was about to unify Dangxiang again, and then it would definitely become a major problem in the northwest. It seems that he must find an opportunity to completely eliminate the hidden danger of Dangxiang.
Chapter completed!