Since ancient times, the power of the ministers has been high, often leading to the suspicion and killing of the monarch, some of them died, and some were unwilling to be defeated, and overthrew the monarch's rule with the power of the army and established a new regime.
During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, there was such a great general, who assisted two emperors, and had a lot of military achievements, but he was suspicious of the emperor and suffered assassination many times. The general knew that he would not be spared, so he said to his henchmen: "The emperor wants me to execute you all."
This general is Guo Wei of the Later Han Dynasty, and it is Liu Chengyou, the Yin Emperor of the Later Han Dynasty, who wants to kill him. Faced with the emperor's death order, Guo Wei cleverly escaped from the advice of his advisers, won the support of the army, established the Later Zhou regime, and became a generation of virtuous monarchs.
Guo Wei was born in the first period of Chinese history, where there were wars everywhere and the people were struggling to make a living. His family used to be a prominent Jiangmen family, but his parents died one after another when he was a child, and the family fell overnight, and he could only send people to the fence at a young age.
This miserable childhood life taught him to be resilient early, and coupled with his strong and intelligent height, he showed the temperament of a leader from an early age, and was called the "child king" by his friends.
Under the persuasion of his aunt, Guo Wei decided to join the army and joined the subordinate of Li Jitao, the envoy of Zelu Jiedu, and became a tooth soldier. In the battle, Guo Wei performed well and was deeply valued by Li Jitao.
However, because he usually makes some small mistakes, his boss turns a blind eye to him and will not punish him severely, which makes Guo Wei more bold, but at the same time makes him a little fluttery.
If you have the guts, stab here! Guo Wei didn't say a word, picked up the sharp knife that cut the meat and stabbed it. The butcher fell to the ground in an instant, and Guo Wei also woke up, looking at the blood on his hands, drenched in cold sweat.
Guo Wei, a murderer, because of an accident in prison, he was favored by Li Jitao, not only was he not executed, but he was also promoted. With courage and wisdom, Guo Wei began a thrilling military career.
He became famous because of the people's elimination of harm, and even the story of "Lu Ti's fist beating the town of Guanxi" in "Water Margin" is based on him. However, the military career was not all smooth sailing, and after Li Jitao was destroyed by Li Cunmiao of the Later Tang Dynasty, Guo Wei also became Li Cunqing's personal soldier.
After experiencing the change of the Later Tang Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty, Guo Wei still adheres to his beliefs and looks forward to making contributions in the army.
After Li Cunmiao's death, his harem was disbanded, and many palace maids returned to their hometowns. Chai was one of them, and on his way home, he was hit by heavy rain. When she was sheltering from the rain in a thatched hut, she met Guo Wei, who also came to take shelter from the rain.
Chai was attracted by Guo Wei's tall and heroic appearance, and couldn't help but take a few more looks. Guo Wei was also moved by Chai's young and beautiful appearance, and had a special feeling in his heart.
After the rain stopped, Guo Wei escorted Chai home, and soon after the two became husband and wife.
This man's future is immeasurable. When Guo Wei was poor, Chai resolutely took out the dowry to help him make friends; When Guo Wei encountered setbacks, Chai always patiently gave explanations and support; When Guo Wei planned to start a business, Chai did not hesitate to sell his jewelry to help him recruit troops.
With Chai's full support, Guo Wei's career is gradually on the right track. However, Guo Wei was an illiterate and non-reading person, and in order for his career to succeed, Chai volunteered to be his teacher and teach him to read and write, which can be called his nobleman.
Guo Wei respected Chai very much, and after the death of his wife, he decided to adopt Chai Rong, Chai's nephew, in order to miss Chai and keep the honor of his wife. Under Guo Wei's careful teaching, Chai Rong eventually became Emperor Xiaowen.
After Guo Wei changed jobs several times, he defected to Liu Zhiyuan's door, and since then he has started his smooth sailing. Liu Zhiyuan was Shi Jingjiao's Yamen Metropolitan Colonel, calm and alert, rescued Shi Jingjiao many times at critical moments, and later assisted Shi Jingjiao to establish the Later Jin Dynasty and became an important figure in the imperial court.
In 947, Liu Zhiyuan proclaimed himself emperor with the support of his generals and established the Later Han Dynasty. Guo Wei became the founder of the country because of his meritorious service, and was reused. Guo Wei often led his army to fight everywhere and established a high prestige in the army.
He had a keen insight into the political situation at that time, and proposed to Liu Zhiyuan to "seize Henan and seek the world", and led the troops all the way south to link the important towns of Henan, helping the imperial court stabilize the situation in the Central Plains.
Liu Zhiyuan had great ambitions, but he had no choice but to die, and died of illness after only one year in power. Before his death, he was worried that his son's foundation would be unstable and the country would not be safe, so he appointed Guo Wei as the privy envoy of the Privy Council to control the military power of the whole country, hoping that he could faithfully assist the new monarch.
After Liu Zhiyuan's death, his son Liu Chengyou inherited the throne and became Emperor Yin of the Later Han Dynasty. However, not long after the establishment of the country, it was faced with a change of imperial power, the situation in Korea and China was turbulent, the new emperor was young, and Guo Wei held military power, if he intended to usurp the throne, then this was undoubtedly a great opportunity.
However, he always kept in mind the last orders of the first emperor, and loyally assisted Liu Chengyou to conquer the Quartet and govern the world for him. Unfortunately, Guo Wei was not appreciated by Liu Chengyou, but was often suspicious and suppressed by the young emperor.
Several important ministers of the court who were ordered by Guo Wei were hollowed out of power and encountered various criticisms, and these people had to raise troops to rebel.