As the old saying goes, although Xu Wen and Zhang Hao were both trusted ministers, Xu Wen was a "direct descendant of Luzhou" after all. While Yang Xingmi promoted him, he always guarded and suppressed him, while Zhang Hao, who was a demoted general and a capricious villain, Hao, however, thrived in Yang Xingmi's group.
Therefore, Xu Wen's current strength does not support him to confront Zhang Hao head-on. He must recruit enough helpers.
Yan Keqiu secretly lobbied generals who were friendly with Zhang Hao, such as the former Hedong aid general Li Chengsi (who was already Zhang Hao's deputy at this time), to the effect that Zhang Hao was narrow-minded and difficult to work with, and he was currently the only one with whom he could work. The one who checks and balances is Xu Wen, and Zhang Hao wants to squeeze him out. After Zhang Hao takes over the power, it may not be good for us.
Li Chengsi and others all agreed.
Later, Yan Keqiu met with Zhang Hao and hit the nail on the head. He broke the window paper and said that there was a rumor circulating outside that you wanted to kill Xu Wen, so he was released. Now people in the army are panicking, and they are guessing who will be. Your next goal... is scary!
Of course, Zhang Hao could not admit that he had the intention to murder Xu Wen. "My lord sent him there, what does it have to do with me? Besides, the order has been sent, what can I do?"
Of course there is a way.
"Okay, as long as you don't want to harm Xu Wen, I have a way to help you stabilize your military morale." With the charm of language, Zhang Hao could only suffer the disadvantage of being dumb.
The next day, Zhang Hao, Li Chengsi, Yan Keqiu and others paid a farewell visit to Xu Wen. Before the polite greetings were finished, Yan Keqiu suddenly changed his face and cursed, "What a wolf-hearted Xu Wen! Yang's treatment of you Why? The young master has just ascended the throne, the young master is suspicious of the country, and it is a troubled time. At this critical moment, you only care about your own happiness and abandon the young master. Can you be worthy of the late king? Can you be worthy of your conscience? "
What seemed like a slap in the face to Xu Wen, actually confused Zhang Hao.
Xu Wen quickly complained, "I'm sorry, it's my fault. I just want to retire and enjoy a happy life...Okay, then I will work hard for two more years, work as a cow and horse for the young master, and repay Yang's kindness."
Runzhou, I won’t go.
Only then did Zhang Hao realize that these two people were singing a double act and formed a group to fool me!
As a result, Zhang Hao's cruel side showed up again and he sent an assassin to assassinate Yan Keqiu.
Late at night, the assassin appeared in front of Yan Keqiu, bowed his hands and saluted, "I'm really sorry for the fate. I'll wait for you to take a step forward."
Yan Keqiu was not afraid in the face of danger and remained calm, saying: "I know that I cannot escape death today, so I only ask that the brave man slows down his actions and allows me to leave a final letter to say goodbye to my lord."
The assassin agreed.
Therefore, Yan Keqiu wrote furiously with the steel knife on his neck, leaving a final letter to his young master Yang Wei.
The assassin sent by Zhang Hao was both civil and military, educated, and believed in loyalty. When he saw Yan Keqiu's tragic words and loyal sentences, he burst into tears. He threw the steel knife to the side and said, "You are a good person. I really can't bear to do it."
Then, the assassin proposed a solution, which was to take Yan Keqiu's belongings back to life, but said that Yan Keqiu himself was not found.
The next day, the assassin handed Yan Keqiu's property to Zhang Hao, saying that the target person did not show up and only stole some of their family's treasures.
Zhang Hao flew into a rage, threw the treasures to the ground, and shouted: "What do I want these treasures for? What I want is Yan Keqiu's head!" At this time, Zhang Hao should hate himself for not sending Ji Xiang to perform the mission.
He won't get another chance.
Yan Keqiu found Xu Wen and talked about the shocking scene last night. Now that Zhang Hao has killed him, we can't sit still and wait for death.
Xu Wen and Yan Keqiu secretly summoned Zhong Taizhang and 30 other confidants. They all formed a blood alliance and vowed to kill Zhang Hao.
That morning, Zhong Taizhang led his men directly into Zhang Hao's office. Without saying a word, he chopped into pieces with a knife. Zhang Hao and his close officials were instantly found dead. Subsequently, Ji Xiang was searched and arrested.
Xu Wen summoned civil and military officials and publicly announced the truth about Yang Wo's murder: Zhang Hao instigated Ji Xiang and others to do it!
Then, the murderer Ji Xiang was kidnapped and taken to the downtown area, where his body was quartered.
Xu Wen led hundreds of civil and military officials to Jin to meet Mrs. Shi's wife and reported that Zhang Hao and Ji Xiang, the main culprits of the murder, had committed suicide.
Mrs. Shi was so frightened that she knew that this series of bloody events were just for seizing power, so she begged Xu Wen, to the effect that we orphans and widowed mothers didn’t understand politics and didn’t dare to understand. What do you think? Take whatever you want. All I want is to spare the lives of my mother and son, and allow us to return to our hometown in Luzhou and live out our lives.
Zhang Hao and Xu Wen controlled the military power of the Ya army in the Huainan Group. Zhang Hao was the commander of the left tooth and Xu Wen was the commander of the right tooth. Originally, the Left and Right Yajun were equivalent to the headquarters security force, or the lord's bodyguards, so once these two people colluded, it would be a matter of minutes to assassinate the lord.
Before taking action, Xu Wen once suggested to Zhang Hao that the mixed formation of the Left and Right Yajun would cause chaos in the organization and would make movement inconvenient. It would be better to use a single unit to facilitate command and dispatch. He also suggested using his own Right Yajun to perform tasks. .
Zhang Hao was worried that Xu Wen would take the opportunity to monopolize the fruits of victory, so he flatly refused.
Xu Wen continued, "Then just use your left tooth army."
"good!"
From the beginning of the conspiracy, Xu Wen had already set a trap for Zhang Hao.
Therefore, Zhang Hao's Zuo Ya Army participated in a series of actions such as the killing of Yang Wo and the three questions in the palace. As a result, a situation emerged: except Zhang Hao himself, almost no one knew that Xu Wen was also one of the culprits of the lord murder.
Regarding the emergence of this situation, the simple-minded Zhang Hao was extremely happy, because in this way, Xu Wen would not be able to compete with him for the fruits of victory. Therefore, Zhang Haocai staged the "Three Questions of the Royal Palace", hoping to strike while the iron is hot, establish his top position in the Huainan Group, and monopolize the fruits of victory.
Now, Zhang Hao, who was under Jiuquan, should have completely woken up.
After a thorough investigation by the relevant departments, all those involved in the murder were Zuoya sergeants. Therefore, the special investigation team, the Supreme Court, and the Procuratorate gave the final investigation results: Zhang Hao murdered Yang Wo, and Xu Wen had no knowledge of it, and for In order to achieve the purpose of usurping power, Zhang Haocai wanted to exclude and frame Xu Wen, who was a lonely and important minister...
Zhang Hao is a jerk, Xu Wen is a hero.
After getting rid of Zhang Hao, Xu Wen took over Zhang Hao's military power and became the commander of the left and right Yadu. The 12-year-old Yang Wei completely became a puppet, and the military and political power was firmly in Xu Wen's hands.
There are also historical records that before Yan Keqiu defeated the "Three Questions of the Prince's Palace", Xu Wen had made similar suggestions, saying that our previous conspiracy was too simple, Yangzhou was too far from Bianzhou, and the round trip time was too long, so it was impossible to kill him. During the period before Yang Wo received Zhu Wen's canonization, it was difficult for us to suppress the ground, and we had long nights and many dreams. It was better to support the young Yang Wei as a puppet and Xu Tu's plan.
It has to be said that Xu Wen played a big game of chess and played Zhang Hao to applause. We can even boldly guess that when Xu Wen planned to kill Yang Wo, he had already planned the plan to kill Zhang Hao. From the beginning, Xu Wen stood from God's perspective.
After Xu Wen came to power, he promoted Yan Keqiu to the position of Sima of Yangzhou, handed over military affairs to him, and handed over finance to Luo Zhixiang. He rectified military discipline, implemented benevolent government, and changed the cruel and tyrannical rule of Zhang Hao's period. The people praised him and lived and worked in peace and contentment. Yan Keqiu and Luo Zhixiang were also praised as "Yan Luo" by the people.
Huainan region has ushered in a new look and entered a new era.
