Wei Zhuang promised to stay in Xiaqiu, Yanzhou for a temporary stay, but he still regarded himself as an official in the court and politely declined to accept the official position appointed by Li Tianqu.

Li Tianqu knew that Wei Zhuang had done what he could do, and he still had to protect himself. According to the original trajectory, he went to Shu to watch the current situation and found that the decline in the Tang court was ultimately irreversible. He sighed, "I have heard that Chen Sheng was surrendering to the Han Dynasty, who was named Tian Hengguo?" It was not until he was over 60 years old that he was willing to join the separatist forces of the vassal states to serve.

In addition, historical records, Zhu Wen first killed Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, Li Ye, and later forced Emperor Aizong of Tang to abdicate, Wei Zhuang suggested that Wang Jian be emperor, and to judge the situation and advise the former Shu not to attack Zhu Wen recklessly. Compared with Li Cunxu, the Hedong Jin State, who was the emperor, crying that "the king and his son had two generations of bloody Warring States thirty years, now we should destroy the Liang thieves, avenge the late emperor, and enthrone the descendants of the Tang Dynasty to restore the country, but the king took the throne himself, deceived the old slave in this way." Zhang Chengye died in depression when he learned that Qian Liu was serving, but he had no intention of attacking Zhu Wen, but wanted to express his surrender, so he resigned from office and retired... Wei Zhuang's change in mind and nature before and afterwards was also more acceptable to reality.

So as long as he keeps Wei Zhuang for a while, he will no longer be willing to be an official in the Tang court as before.

As for Wei Zhuang's ability... According to Li Tianqu's thoughts, he could almost be ranked in the top five in the early Five Dynasties. If Emperor Tang was controlled by Zhu Wen a few years later, Wei Zhuang finally nodded and agreed to submit to Wang Jian of the Former Shu, he would have been sixty-five years old... Who would have thought that he had been taking the imperial examination for most of his life, and the highlight of his career began when he was old and served the separatist warlords.

He was honest and diligent in governance, and stood out among the scholars of the former Shu. He was appointed as prime minister by Wang Jian. He was appointed as prime minister for ten years. He governed the former Shu country and the people were strong, and he was sympathetic to suffering and suppressed the powerful. Li Tianqu thought that Wei Zhuang did not rely on his power to govern the government and had a clean character. After he nodded and agreed to submit, he appointed the chief officer in charge of the inspection, impeachment of officials, and rectified discipline and other supervision matters.

Although Wei Zhuang is now in his sixties, considering that his original life was 75 or 76 years old... Since Li Ye was controlled by Zhu Wen a few years earlier, Wei Zhuang changed his mind and left the capital. He paid more attention to health care. This old man should be able to work hard for another 17 or 8 years, and try to work hard for more than twenty years...

Li Tianqu soon thought that among his advisers, Pi Rixiu first entered Beijing to fail the Jinshi exam, but later passed the Jinshi exam, which was pretty good; Luo Yin participated in more than ten Jinshi exams, all of which failed, and was called "the top ten," and had no choice but to live in seclusion in Jiuhua Mountain. Li Zhen also took the imperial examination several times in a row, but he returned in a desperate situation. After that, this guy turned evil and hated the Tang court. The old man Wei Zhuang was even more ruthless. He had been taking the exam for decades and was only about to pass the list at the age of sixty, but he was about to leave the Tang Dynasty...

The imperial examination was originally intended to select talents and be used by the court, but Luo Yin, Li Zhen, Wei Zhuang... and others not only had their own strengths, but also had outstanding talents. They were originally trying their best to use them for the court, which is not an isolated case. How could the Tang court miss these talents in vain?

Li Tianqu quickly understood the reason. The system of imperial examinations and other names were not launched until the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty.

During the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination was still influenced by the family's attention. Before taking the exam, scholars could submit a letter of worship and recommend it to the chief examiner with their relationship. The interests involved between the examiner and the candidates were even more corrupt in the chaotic times of the Tang Dynasty. However, those with talent and knowledge often encountered obstacles. In addition to the example of Wei Zhuang, who had been in the stubborn old man, most knowledgeable people had to find another way out.

Therefore, the arrival of Wei Zhuang made Li Tianqu realize that the students under the assessment ruled by the Secretary-General Office, who established the Song Dynasty, should also adopt the "small school exam" and "transcribing test papers" systems in order to eliminate fraud and prevent favoritism and care for personal gain...

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Li Tianqu was resting and recuperating, but he was still waiting, waiting for Zhu Wen to continue to be arrogant until he incited public anger. However, although Li Keyong, who had lost his will and had missed the opportunity, could not wait any longer.

Because Zhu Wen first surrendered Han Jian's Zhenguo Army; he also annexed Li Maozhen's Longyou Army and Fengxiang Army; he severely defeated Li Zhouyi's Fufang Army; his troops were directed to the Hezhong Jiedushi, which was located in the southwestern part of Shanxi Province in later generations, with jurisdiction over several prefectures such as Jin, Jiang, Ci, and Zhou... This also means that the territory touched by his army was already adjacent to the two towns of Hedong and Zhaoyi controlled by Li Keyong.

Among the northwest vassals, the only person who could make Zhu Wen afraid was that when he was still working under Huang Chao, he fought against each other and defeated each other. He also presided over the possibility of getting rid of Huang Chao and accepting surrender of the court. Wang Chongrong, the governor of Hezhong, who was the one who could get rid of Huang Chao and accept surrender of the court.

However, Wang Chongrong had a feud with the powerful official Tian Lingzi, and he bullied his subordinates because of his fierceness. He was killed by a mutiny rebel general a few years ago... Wang Chongrong's brother Wang Chongying had also died of illness. His two sons Wang Ke and Wang Gong had previously fought for the position of Jiedushi, but the second son Wang Gong also obviously turned to Zhu Wen's side and was granted the commander of the neighboring Daofu Army (also known as Shaanxi Guo Army). With Li Keyong's temper, even if he was decadent and depressed, he would definitely not tolerate his enemies and dying enemies, so he could easily kill his own door.

It is worth mentioning that the two towns in Fufang and Binning in the northwest were taken by Zhu Wen only had a problem of early or late. However, in the north, there were still Xia Sui Army defending its own territory, and the Xia Sui Army was also called Dingnan Army. When the Jiedushi Li Sigong died of illness, his younger brother Li Sijian succeeded to the throne. The Li family there was also given a surname to the Tang Dynasty. His original identity was a member of the Dangxiang tribe from the Tuoba clan of the Pingxia tribe...

Li Sijian's brother Li Sigong vowed to attack Huang Chao and rush to Chang'an with the Jiedushi. Although his military achievements were mediocre, he was defeated by Meng Kai, a confidant general of Huang Chao who had long been dead at the hands of Li Tianqu. However, after Huang Chao's defeat, Li Sigong was still given the surname of the country by Emperor Xizong of Tang, and was granted the title of Jiedushi of Dingnan Army and was named Duke of Xia. Since then, the Tuoba family of Pingxia took advantage of the chaos in the late Tang Dynasty and took the banner of going south to serve the king, which also gained the recognition of the Tang Dynasty for the separating Xiazhou and other places.

Originally, when Li Sigong was the governor of the Dingnan Army, he had sent troops to sway the flag and shout for Emperor Li Ye to attack Hedong Li Keyong; but he could turn it over. When Li Maozhen invaded Que Shengjia, Li Keyong also supported the Hedong Army when he was marching to serve the king... So, the proposal of the Dingnan Army's vassal state seemed to be a faction that supported the court.

However, Zhu Wen sent an envoy to negotiate with Li Sijian, who succeeded as the governor. During this period, the Diannan Army, dominated by the Dangxiang tribe, strictly guarded its territory, and allowed the troops under Zhu Wen to make trouble in the neighboring vassal states...

Since then, Zhu Wen has almost wiped out the vassals, and can be said to be dominant, and even unified the northwest.

Even if he urged Li Tianqu to take action, Taining, Huainan and other towns were too far away from the northwest vassals. After a period of depressed depression, Li Keyong was unable to help send envoys to wait for a reply. He mobilized his troops one after another and sent troops to send troops to the Hezhong army's vassal states, Jin, Jiang, Ci, and Ji states and even the capital of Hezhong Prefecture. He would have to intercept Zhu Wen's mortal enemy, taking advantage of the second son of the Hezhong Jiedushi Wang Gong, and easily occupy the enemy troops in various prefectures...

Under the rule of the Hezhong Army, the ambush was near Shilou Mountain in Xizhou. The ambush was quickly alarmed. The birds and beasts ran around in the forests, and the tragic shouts echoed violently in the valley.

The soldiers screamed and screamed, mixed with a large number of war horses and neighed each other. From time to time, there were several extremely angry curses of Shatuo, which stopped abruptly. It sounded that the people from Hedong who met the enemy on a narrow road here had already suffered a great loss!
Chapter completed!