[I gave you a chance but you didn’t use it]
When Zhu Wen came to Shaanzhou to meet Zhaozong, the emperor and his ministers shed tears as usual and expressed their sincere feelings to each other, making all the appearances. To this day, Zhu Wen is already Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows it. While the monarch and his ministers were exchanging false greetings, the companions around Zhaozong could not hide their disgust and hatred for Zhu Wen, and their faces were filled with anger.
Zhaozong was secretly happy, thinking that their loyalty could be used, so he came up with a plan, quietly untied the shoelaces, and then asked Zhu Wen to tie them for him. The shoes at that time were very different from those of today. The biggest difference was that shoelaces at that time were more troublesome and time-consuming.
Since Zhu Wen is still playing the role of a loyal minister, it is of course a great honor to sort the emperor's shoes and socks. So Zhu Wen had to act flattered, kneeling in front of Zhaozong and tying his shoelaces.
At that time, Zhu Wen was alone in the audience with the emperor. There was no guard around him, he was not wearing armor, and he could not wear any weapons. At this time, he knelt down again and lowered his head to tie his shoelaces, while he was surrounded by a circle of young and strong men. , a hostile young man.
When Zhu Wen knelt down, Zhaozong immediately raised eyebrows, pursed his lips and shook his chin at his companions, which meant "Come on! What are you waiting for? Hurry up!"
It was the middle of winter, and Zhu Wen was sweating through his clothes.
The companions disappointed Zhaozong. They are used to letting off steam on weekdays, but at critical moments they are possessed by keyboard warriors. Although they all frown and gnash their teeth, no one dares to catch the thief. They just want to kill Zhu Wen with their eyes.
Hundreds of years later, Emperor Kangxi learned from Tang Zhaozong's lesson. He carefully selected a group of warriors to accompany him, practiced wrestling day and night, and conducted countless exercises in secret. Then he saw the opportunity and captured Oboi in one fell swoop.
Zhu Wen escaped without any danger, so he made up his mind to completely clean up the people around Zhaozong!
Soon, Zhu Wen found an opportunity to entertain these more than 200 emperors. During the banquet, he made them drunk, strangled them to death with ropes, took off their clothes, shoes and socks, dug a deep pit on the spot, and buried the bodies. Then he selected more than 200 people of similar height and appearance from the elites of the Bian army, changed into their clothes, and played with Zhaozong.
According to historical records, Zhaozong did not discover that his teammates had been replaced at the first time, but played around for a while as usual before gradually realizing it. This also reflects from the side that Zhaozong did not have in-depth communication with them, but only wished they were loyal and brave.
Zhaozong was indeed hasty, and he would pay the heaviest price for it.
The most intuitive price is that all the previous efforts to show weakness and obedience have been in vain, which means that Zhaozong has also "caught a blind eye" on Zhu Wen. The sharp conflict between the monarch and his ministers has risen to an unprecedented level, and they can fight to the death. Described.
After Zhaozong arrived in Luoyang, he first issued an edict to change the Yuan Dynasty, changing the "fourth year of Tianfu" to the "first year of Tianyou", and upgraded Shaanzhou to "Xingtang Prefecture". At the same time, an edict was issued to attack Li Maozhen and Li Jihui. Obviously, this was Zhu Wen's "edict" and provided a legal basis for continuing to increase troops in Guanzhong.
The edict issued a few days later was even more obviously Zhu Wen's "edict": the palace offices were drastically abolished, the maids in the palace were stopped from delivering oral edicts; Jiang Xuanhui, Wang Yin, Zhang Tingfan, etc. were appointed as privy envoys, imperial envoys, and street envoys, and the new " The "Three Envoys" also firmly controlled both inside and outside the palace and the entire city of Luoyang; the commanders of the Forbidden Army were Zhu Yougong and Shi Shucong; the deputy commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army and the mayor of Luoyang were also Zhu Wen's confidants - Wei Zhen.
At this time, Zhaozong was almost alone, and his attendants and internal staff, from senior cadres to grassroots clerks, were all Zhu Wen's minions. It was becoming increasingly difficult to assassinate Zhu Wen, but Zhaozong still wanted to give it a try.
At a certain banquet with ministers, Zhaozong vigorously praised Zhu Wen's achievements and criticized the other ministers present. Halfway through the drink, Zhaozong went out for convenience, and then sent a message, inviting Comrade Zhu Wen to come to Quyan Pavilion alone to say that the emperor was reading Comrade Zhu Wen has made great achievements and wants to open a small stove with him alone to show his favor and respect.
Tie your shoes? Give me poisonous wine? Or something else? Zhu Wen shook his head, "I'm sorry, I'm drunk and I'm afraid of losing my temper, so I won't go."
Zhaozong sent a message again, saying that since Zhu Wen couldn't come, Jingxiang would be invited to come.
Zhu Wen ordered Jingxiang to also refuse to get drunk.
A few days later, Zhu Wen reported that he was busy with military affairs and resigned and returned to Bianzhou.
The military affairs in Zhu Wen's mouth refer to the coalition forces of Wang Jian of Xichuan, Li Maozhen of Fengxiang, and Li Jihui of Pizhou. They spread the word to the world and claimed that they would serve with clothes and edicts to punish thieves.
Their threat was not enough to make Zhu Wen panic. The main reason why he left Luoyang was to escape from Zhaozong's "magic clutches". Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty struggled to save himself more than once, and joined forces with Liu Bei and others to murder Cao Cao. Zhaozong would not give up resistance either.
Zhu Wen used retreat to advance and left the land of right and wrong. He secretly ordered his confidant Jiang Xuanhui to keep a close eye on Zhaozong and report his every word, deed and move in a timely manner.
Jiang Xuanhui did not betray Zhu Wen's trust, and soon reported an extremely important piece of news: One day, Zhaozong complained to Jiang Xuanhui: "King De is my most beloved son, why did Zhu Wen insist on killing him?" he said. While crying, he was so sad that he bit his finger and blood flowed.
King De, Li Yu, was the eldest son of Zhaozong. When the eunuch Liu Jishu launched the "Shaoyangyuan Coup", he was proclaimed emperor. More than two months later, Zhaozong brought order to order, and Li Yu was demoted to King De again. At that time, Li Yu, the King of De, was only 8 years old and was coerced by the eunuch Liu Jishu. Therefore, he did not suffer any counterattack afterwards. He still served as his "King of De" and was still favored by Zhaozong.
As he grew older, Li Yu, the king of virtue, had beautiful features, elegant appearance, well-educated, and became more and more emperor-like. Zhaozong had high hopes for him, and he also became a thorn in Zhu Wen's side.
When Cui Yin planned to make Zhu Wen the deputy marshal of the army and the king of De, Li Yu, the general marshal of the army, Zhu Wen was very unhappy. He said that Li Yu, the king of De, had once defiled the throne of the emperor (referring to the Shaoyangyuan coup), which was a crime. Those who commit grave sins deserve to be killed!
Unexpectedly, Cui Yin turned around and betrayed Zhu Wen to Zhaozong, told Zhaozong what he said, and eventually made Zhaozong's seventh son Hui Wang Li Zuo the general marshal.
Zhaozong talked to Zhu Wen at that time and asked him why he could not tolerate King De. Of course, Zhu Wen denied it and insisted that it was Cui Yin who was causing trouble and driving a wedge between the emperor and his ministers. Not wanting to take the blame for the boss, and even seeking glory from the seller, this is one of the reasons why Zhu Wen hates Cui Yin.
Zhu Wen sought to usurp the Tang Dynasty, and of course he did not want to see the Tang Dynasty produce a qualified heir apparent. Zhaozong's performance made Zhu Wen decide to speed up the pace of usurping the Tang Dynasty.
Zhu Wen sent Li Zhen to Luoyang to plan "big events" with Jiang Xuanhui, Zhu Yougong, Shi Shucong and others.
