Gao Jixing thought about it, but in the end, he did not follow Liang Zhen's advice, or decided to enter Luoyang to see Emperor Zhuangzong Li Cunxun.
Gao Jixing left his two sons to guard Jiangling, and he took three hundred guards with him to Luoyang.
When Emperor Zhuangzong saw Gao Jixing coming to see him, he said to Gao Jixing in the palace: "Now that the great beam has been destroyed in my hands, the only ones left in the world are Wu and Shu, and I intend to send troops to these two countries. ”
Gao Jixing lost his soldiers in the Battle of Kuizhou that year, and almost threw his life on the Yiling River. Therefore, he always had a grudge against this matter, and he was even more covetous of NaKuo, Wan, Zhong, and Fu Sizhou, and when he was defeated in the First World War, he was suddenly asked by Tianzi at this time, and naturally without thinking, he directly responded: "Naturally, it is to cut down Shu first, and Wei Chen is more willing to lead the soldiers and horses of his headquarters as the vanguard to open the way for His Majesty." ”
Zhuang Zong listened to Gao Jixing's serious words, and was not overjoyed by Long Yan, so he immediately stepped off the dragon chair and patted Gao Jixing's back with his hand, and even sealed Gao Jixing as the Zhongshu Ling.
After Gao Jixing came down to the temple, the first thing he did was to find a weaver with exquisite handiwork, imitate the handwriting of Zhuangzong at that time, and show the handprint on the back of his clothes to show glory.
The more Gao Jixing thought about it in the inn, the happier he became, this trip did not come in vain, not only to receive the gift of His Majesty, but also to send troops to the Shu Kingdom, backed by the Tianzi army, the Shu Kingdom's Chu, Zhong, Wan, fu sizhou has not yet arrived.
On the other hand, although Emperor Zhuangzong Li Cunxun was pleased that Gao Jixing had come to see him, he thought that Jiangling Province was a major place of waterways and the hub of the provinces, and Gao Jixing was after all an old minister of the Liang clan, this person had a heavy army in his hands and controlled the fortress, and if he was allowed to return to the garrison, it would not be difficult to control, or he would stay by his side.
This news reached Gao Jixing's ears, Gao Jixing's heart was frightened, his eyes were black, the dragon could only be coiled when he left the water, the tiger could only lie down when he left the hill, and now if I stayed by the emperor's side, I would not be able to help myself, I would have to kill and do whatever I wanted, and I would have to return to my Gangneung Mansion no matter what.
Gao Jixing heard that Guo Chongtao, a heavy minister in the DPRK, was in a position to turn to the opposition, and even today's son would give him a few thin noodles, and hurriedly asked people to offer him a heavy gift overnight, hoping that Guo Chongtao could intercede for him in front of Tianzi and allow him to return to the station.
Guo Chongtao, a tang chancellor, was intimate with Emperor Zhuangzong, and was given the iron scroll of death by Emperor Zhuangzong, and even more spared ten deaths, and the honor he received can be described as a shock to the ancient world.
Guo Chongtao did not care about the gifts sent by Gao Jixing, but still received them all as ordered, and he said to his subordinates: "Hou Liang originally had the wind of gift-giving, and Gao Jixing was also an old minister of Hou Liang, if I did not accept them, I was afraid that I would make Hou Liang's ministers uneasy." ”
At this time, Guo Chongtao was deeply trusted by Emperor Zhuangzong, so he was full of ambition and was bent on creating a grand cause, so he considered the overall situation, met with Zhuangzong, and suggested to Zhuangzong: "The Lord should destroy the Zhu clan with the momentum of destruction and decay, and at this time he should show people with generosity and integrity." Now, however, the princes of the four directions have entered the court to pay tribute, but the people sent are all their sons, generals, and close subjects, but none of them have come to see them in person, except Gao Jixing himself. This is clearly a courtier who respects my royal family, and has set an example for others, with a good start! Not only should we not leave difficulties, but we should only be rewarded with heavy rewards, otherwise, it will only make the princes of the four directions have a grudge and a desperate heart to come to the dynasty! ”
At this time, Emperor Zhuangzong Li Cunxun was convinced of Guo Chongtao and did not follow everything he said, so he gave Gao Jixing a generous gift and let him return to the station.
Gao Jixing can be said to have returned with a full load, all the way to Xiangzhou, looking for a post, just stayed, suddenly his heart was disturbed, he couldn't help but frown and ponder for a moment, suddenly got up and followed the line of guards and said: "I suddenly have a big chaos in my heart, it seems that something important is about to happen, can it be that Mr. Liang really said, the imperial court wants to send someone to hunt me down and so on." Instead of being brought back to the north by them to live, it would be better to leave, even if it is to die, to die in my Gangneung Province. ”
Gao Jixing was at this moment, saying that he would leave, abandoning most of his weight, and he and the three hundred guards he had brought with him went straight to the south and rushed to Fenglin Pass overnight.
Fenglin Closed the Gate tightly, everyone discussed, simply did not do two without stopping, earned to open the city gate, beheaded the Fenglin Guanguan General, and broke the gate all the way.
It happened that at the time of the three changes in the night of the same day, an urgent letter from the imperial court was delivered to Liu Xun's hands in Xiangzhou.
It turned out that Emperor Zhuangzong Li Cunxun still wanted to keep Gao Jixing after several days of thinking, so he hurriedly issued an edict to Liu Xun, the envoy of Xiangzhou Jiedu, and ordered him to leave Gao Jixing nearby and wait for him to be released.
When Liu Xun received the news, he hurriedly led people to chase gao Jixing, until Fenglin Pass, seeing that the closed door had been broken, expecting that Gao Jixing had already run far, he stopped the pursuit and returned empty-handed.
Gao Jixing returned to Gangneung Province, still palpitating, and even called out for danger.
On the same day, after feasting with everyone, Gao Jixing said to Liang Zhen: "Mr. Gao Zhi, things are indeed expected by you." I didn't listen to what my husband said, and I was almost not spared. ”
Next, Gao Jixing held out two fingers and said to everyone: "This trip, there are two mistakes, the first is that I don't listen to Mr. Wang's words and insist on going to Luoyang." Is this the second, that is, the present Lord has taken office and I have left Luoyang. Then there was this lord who was so great that he won Henan with a hundred battles, but he boasted to the heroes that it was all the power of his own hand-copied "Spring and Autumn", saying that he had won the world on his fingers. In this way, the credit is all on his son of heaven, where will his men be left? And I like to hunt around, not returning for several days, doing political affairs in the DPRK, and abandoning it, so it seems that this son of heaven is just like this, I should be able to sit back and relax! ”
Gao Jixing rectified for several days, his heart was not forgetting what Zhuangzong had done, and he could not help but grow resentful, so he immediately sent troops to fuzhou and seized Jianli and Yusha County.
After gaining the second county, Gao Jixing was angry in his heart, and asked Liang Zhen to draft it, and he wanted to take the river as the boundary with the imperial court.
Liang Zhen hurriedly advised: "This is not appropriate, as soon as this letter is issued, the imperial court will inevitably send troops to attack." ”
Gao Jixing's anger in his heart did not subside, and he could not listen to the dissuasion, but only forced Liang Zhen to write a table.
It didn't take long for the imperial court to send General Xia Luqi and Fang Zhiwen to fight.
Gao Jixing was surprised by Liang Zhen's clever calculations, and while going out of the city to watch, when he saw it, he couldn't help but laugh and said to the generals, "This Heavenly Son really does not know political affairs, although I jingnan is small, but I have also been painstakingly managed by me for many years, and now I only send a few soldiers and generals, I want to fight jingnan, but I am also too small to look at me as the king of Bohai." Come, open the gates of the city and meet the battle. ”
Liang Zhen was on the side, hurriedly stopping: "The great king must not be anxious, the great king must know, the lile conquest is from the imperial court, symbolizing the Chinese orthodoxy, you don't look at the small number of soldiers who come this time, in fact, the momentum behind us is big, we are courtiers after all, so the situation is small compared to it." What's more, although they are unified today, the princes of the four sides still aim to devour each other, but there is no particularly good excuse. If the king sends troops to a battle, if the battle is won, then the imperial court will recruit troops from all sides, and then the other powers will take the opportunity to rise up and attack the king's land. In that case, we have become the target of everyone, and the society will be difficult to protect! ”
Gao Jixing showed hesitation and looked at Liang Zhen.
Liang Zhen then added, "For the sake of the present, it is better for the Great King to write a letter to the commander of the other side, to show his goodwill, and to prepare beef and wine to offer, so that they can feel at home and not really start a war with us." Then we must express ourselves to the present day, so that the community may still be preserved. ”
Gao Jixing may have seen the seriousness of the problem in Liang Zhen's face, and this time he finally followed Liang Zhen's advice.
Soon, the imperial army, which had been eating and drinking well under the city, received the holy will and withdrew! He also enfeoffed Gao Jixing as the King of Nanping.
After Gao Jixing escaped the disaster, he added the Luo Wall to the west to strengthen the defense, and on the other hand, he spread his speech and recruited the scattered liang dynasty old army, and Xu had already treated him with heavy money.
Sure enough, those Liang Dynasty soldiers who had nowhere to stand defected to Gao Jixing, and gao Jixing's army increased since then, and he thought that he had the strength to compete with the world's powerful men.
After The Tang Dynasty sent troops to cut down Shu, Gao Jixing saw the opportunity to play and said that he would fulfill his promise to Emperor Zhuangzong, use his own troops and horses to take the prefectures of Chu, Zhong, Wan, Gui, and Xia to contribute to the imperial court.
The imperial court enfeoffed Gao Jixing as an envoy to the southeast of the Gorge Road.
Gao Jixing discovered that the imperial army was led by Guo Chongtao and Li Jiquan, the king of Wei, and its momentum was so great that the Shu state was difficult to compare, and he could not help but stand still and sit on the shore and watch.
Li Jiji, the king of Wei, led an army in the Shu kingdom, as if entering no man's land, and soon attacked the Shu kingdom, and obtained more than 400,000 gold in the Shu land, and went down the river from the Three Gorges.
However, Gao Jixing heard of the sudden change in the imperial court in Jingnan, first the King of Wei suddenly beheaded Guo Chongtao, a powerful minister in the Shu Kingdom, and then Zhuangzong Li Cunxun was killed in the capital. Suddenly, the Later Tang court, which was already surging with undercurrents, was even more chaotic.
Gao Jixing took this opportunity to lead his troops to the west and killed more than ten people, including the Later Tang emissary Han Jue, without leaving a single living mouth. At the same time, he took all the gold and silver treasures brought out by the King of Wei from the Shu Kingdom into his own pocket.
Gao Jixing received the results of the battle from the King of Wei without spending a single soldier, and even proposed to Li Siyuan, the Later Tang Mingzong who had just ascended the throne, to return zhongzhou to his own Jingnan county.
Later Tang ministers knew that Gao Jixing was a rogue and went to fight in the Shu state, but he did not move at all, so he did not approve of giving him those states and towns.
However, Gao Jixing repeatedly advised Emperor Mingzong to return to the prefectures, and Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan ascended the throne, worrying about the internal affairs of the dynasty, and had to agree to Gao Jixing's request.
Not long after, the imperial court once again issued a decree to send Assassin Shi to administer the prefectures.
Gao Jixing felt that he was no longer what he used to be, and that he was already full of wings, so he hurriedly went up to the court and asked the imperial court not to send Assassin Shi anymore, because he had already put his own sons in charge of the affairs of several states.
Emperor Mingzong was furious when he saw Gao Jixing flying high and did not look at the imperial court in the eyes, and deprived him of his official title at that time.
In the early years of Tiancheng, Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan sent western Yi troops to attack The Prefectures of Chu, Zhong, and Wansanzhou, and on the other hand, Hexiang Prefecture assassinated Liu Xun as a solicitation to attack Jingnan.
The imperial court sent troops on two roads, so that Gao Jixing had to take the lead in protecting Jingnan, but Liu Xun's soldiers surrounded Jingnan but caught up with the heavy rain for several days, the soldiers were not satisfied with the water and soil, and the roads were muddy, so Liu Xun had to retreat.
However, Xi Ye sent troops smoothly, and captured the three prefectures of Chu, Wan, and Zhong.
When Gao Jixing saw the duck in his hand flying, his heart was furious, so he turned to Wu Guo with Jing, Gui, and Xia, and Wu Guole had to pick up a ready-made bargain, readily agreed, and crowned Gao Jixing as the King of Qin.
Gao Jixing, who was seventy-one years old in the third year of Tiancheng, was already dying of old age, and suffered from severe beriberi, and died one day in the winter.
Although Gao Jixing is dead, the Nanping Kingdom he established has not yet perished, and the story of the Gao family continues.