In the Daiwang palace, slang and curses were heard one after another, and the sounds of crying and howling were endless.
Everyone was crying and cursing with red eyes. The complexity of their expressions and the variety of expressions were really amazing.
Different from the previous time when Jackie died, this time everyone was mostly sincere.
Those who can stand here naturally know the rules very well.
The death of the emperor, to use the words conveyed by the play Meng, is that Wang Quan and others colluded with each other internally and externally to assassinate the emperor in order to support Liu She, the king of Jiaodong, to ascend to power.
If nothing else, King Jiaodong should be in charge at this time.
Everyone understands the competitive relationship between the King of Jiaodong and the King of Zhongshan.
However, they, the staff, captains, and generals who defeated the Xiongnu royal court and beheaded the Xiongnu Zuoxian King achieved great credit with the King of Zhongshan.
When the King of Jiaodong came to power, not only were these achievements in vain, but at least they would be settled by the queen.
They are not the descendants of the founding generation. Basically, except for Dou Yingguanfu and others, they are mainly newcomers. Their success depends on being attached to the King of Zhongshan.
At this critical moment that concerns his future, wealth and life, these people will naturally stand by Li Yunze's side.
It has nothing to do with anything else, it's all about profit.
Working together with Li Yunze can guarantee one's own prosperity, wealth and future, not to mention that this side obviously has a greater chance of winning at this time.
As a general, Li Yunze has overall power over the world's military forces.
Not only was the elite Northern Army in his hands at this time, but also the massive Great Wall Army, which was also acting under Li Yunze's military orders.
In principle, Li Yunze also has the right to mobilize county soldiers all over the world.
The military system in the Qin and Han Dynasties was different from that in later generations.
The sergeants did not recognize what the emperor looked like, they only knew to obey the orders of their superiors.
Their superiors obey the orders of the captains and generals.
The lieutenants and generals now only recognize Li Yunze.
Why during the Qin and Han Dynasties, every time a general went on an expedition, the king had to pay homage to the general in a very grand manner, with a tiger talisman and an imperial edict. It was because once the military power was handed over, it was really handed over.
Shocked by the cruel military law, the general said that rebellion is really possible with soldiers and horses.
The sergeants are unable and unwilling to tell who is right and who is wrong. They are trained to be machines and only know how to follow military orders.
When Zhu Lu was executed, the young emperor was still the emperor. Instead of the generals giving orders, the sergeants hacked the emperor to death with swords.
In this era, military power is like this.
During the Song and Ming dynasties, martial arts and the military were suppressed to the extreme. In addition to interests, a very important point was to avoid such things from happening.
Wang Jian kept blaming himself when he destroyed Chu, and Liu Bang often went out to fight in person when he suppressed the rebellion. The root cause is that once the military power is handed over, all the military power is in the hands of the leader.
If this person wants to rebel, then he has really rebelled.
It was obvious that everyone in the palace was thinking that Li Yunze could raise troops to Chang'an City to avenge the emperor!
Facing the expectant gazes of everyone, Li Yunze remained silent.
He stood on the Dan steps, with one hand behind his back and the other hand holding a letter written by Zhou Yafu to himself, his brows slightly furrowed as if he was embarrassed about something.
It's not that it's embarrassing, but it's a bit surprising.
Due to the accident and Zhou Yafu's choice and arrangement, it stands to reason that he was tricked by the emperor Liu Qi and was ready to be disposed of before the new emperor came to power. He should be filled with anger and throw himself into the arms of Wang Ancheng's ignorant rebel group without hesitation.
Can.
"Report~~~"
Following a hurried call, the palace guard came to report that "a person claiming to be the envoy of Zhang Tang has come to deliver a message."
Zhang Tang's family had been officials in Chang'an City for many years, and they were outright local snakes. After escaping the first round of arrests, they quickly arranged for people to deliver the news about Chang'an City.
Looking through the letters written by Zhang Tang, it introduced the events in Chang'an City in more detail. Compared with Zhou Yafu's letters, Li Yunze already had a general understanding.
Through bribery and other means, he secretly controlled a group of southern palace guards and city garrison troops, and launched a mutiny led by Cheng Bushi.
In Zhang Tang's letter, he wrote some information that he had inquired about. The most important point among them was that Li Guang, the Weiyang palace lieutenant, played a puzzling role in it.
On the one hand, Li Guang continuously issued military orders to move the troops originally stationed in Weiyang Palace away from key positions, and even directly ordered the guards of Weiyang Palace to defect to King Jiaodong.
But on the other hand, Li Guang, who seemed to be the core of Wang Quan's side, never appeared.
Zhang Tang speculated that Li Guang may have been controlled.
Then he said it was unbelievable that a general with military power could be controlled.
If it had been anyone else, Li Yunze would have expressed disbelief.
But if it's Li Guang, given his character, it's not unusual for him to be caught carelessly.
Li Yunze himself could immediately think of more than ten ways to take it under control.
"Wang Quan, Cheng Bushi is the core." Putting away the letter, Li Yunze rubbed his chin. "Maybe Li Guang was tricked. Is Zhou Yafu's attitude vacillating?"
"The question now is, how did Wang Quan's wife get so much wealth to bribe so many people?"
Although the emperor was bedridden, all departments of the Han Dynasty, from the imperial court to the Shaofu, were still operating normally.
To be able to hide this from so many eyes and ears and accomplish it in one fell swoop not only requires a lot of energy, but also a huge amount of wealth to carry out various activities.
Li Yunze still didn't know Liu Wu's role in this, and he didn't know that he almost drained the Liang Kingdom's treasury for the throne.
In his opinion, the only one who was close to Wang Quan and the others and could provide so much wealth was Princess Guantao.
"Princess Guantao doesn't look like she has no eyesight." What Li Yunze was confused about was, "Can she be so stupid?"
From a normal person's perspective, this is indeed stupid.
After all, it doesn't matter if he controls Chang'an City. Most of the military power in the world is in Li Yunze's hands. As long as he raises his troops and returns to Chang'an City, all the evil spirits and monsters will disappear.
Princess Guantao is considered smart, so naturally she will not go into this muddy water.
"Could it be that he was also caught?"
Li Yunze was a little surprised by the changes that occurred in Chang'an City, but he didn't take it to heart.
In his opinion, this was nothing more than an act of jumping over the wall in fear.
The most important goal is not the emperor, but yourself.
Only by killing yourself can you truly see hope of success this time.
Just as he was about to say something, the sound of a report came from outside again.
"Your Majesty, an envoy from the imperial court is here to read the imperial edict."
"oh?"
Li Yunze raised his eyelids slightly and said with a smile, "He came very quickly. Let him come in."
As soon as the envoy entered the temple, he felt the atmosphere was oppressive.
Many generals, captains, lieutenants and staff all stared at him fiercely, like a butcher picking out cattle and sheep.
Li Yunze stood at the top, with his hands behind his back and his figure resembled a mountain.
He glanced over and said calmly, "Tell me what kind of edict it is."
Raising his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, the envoy took out the edict and read it under the gaze of many wolves and tigers.
Ignoring the meaningless nonsense, there is only one meaning expressed in this edict, and that is to remove Li Yunze from the post of general and at the same time give him death!
'呛啷啷~~~'
A series of sounds of drawing swords resounded throughout the hall.
Master Yan raised his sword and pointed it at the envoy, shouting angrily, "You thieves, do you think the king is Fu Suhu? How dare you come here to embarrass yourself even if you are just pretending to have an imperial edict!"
Gongsun Hong and others immediately agreed, and some even had a bad temper and wanted to step forward and kill the envoy with their swords.
On the surface, they were envoys of anger, but in reality they were admonishing Li Yunze.
You must never imitate that idiot from Fusu!
Although from daily observation, the decisive king will definitely not do such stupid things, but don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst.
If the king really learns from Fusu, then they really can’t find their grave even if they want to cry.
"enough."
Li Yunze's indifferent words saved the envoy who was about to be killed by a random knife.
Glancing at the edict in the emissary's hand, Li Yunze said calmly, "This is a fake edict, I will not obey it!"
He was also a little surprised. In his opinion, the correct approach was to first remove the military power and drive himself back to the feudal country.
After that, you can stabilize your position, then find a way to slowly cut off your wings, and then give him poisonous wine or white silk, or send troops to fight.
Now that he is so aggressive and resorts to death tactics, does he really think that he is a fool like Fusuna?
As soon as Li Yunze's words came out, everyone around him breathed a sigh of relief.
Master Yan's face was full of relief.
The king was not stupid and made the most correct decision. This victory is guaranteed!
"Go back and tell Wang A and the others." Li Yunze, with his hands behind his back, stepped down the Dan steps and came to the trembling envoy. "I will return to Chang'an City in the near future to clean up the evil spirits."
After a pause, he looked around at the people around him and said in a deep voice.
"Turning the sky!"
Inside and outside Jinyang City, the many military camps were all covered with snow.
After it was confirmed that the emperor had passed away, everyone in the army was white clothed, and all the cloth shops in Jinyang City were wiped out.
Most of the Great Wall Legion returned to their original base and continued to guard the Great Wall against the Huns.
The county soldiers who came to support from various places also went home after receiving their rewards.
These sergeants all received at least two pieces of money, two pieces of cloth, and two sheep as rewards.
Those who have made meritorious deeds will not only record their merits and be rewarded after returning to Chang'an City, but they will also receive additional large livestock such as cattle and horses.
There is no way, the seizures this time are too many.
The number of livestock, including cattle, sheep, and horses, seized was in the hundreds of thousands!
Li Yunze is now a general and leads an army, not a pastoral supervisor in a young mansion.
Injured and sick livestock are slaughtered and eaten to make butcher shops.
As for the remaining ones, he had no intention of raising them, so he simply distributed them all as rewards to the sergeants.
Large livestock such as cows and horses are all good hands in the field, and even the sons of good families are in need of them.
As for sheep, they are the main source of meat for people from the middle class and above. It can be said that everyone likes it, and there is no need to worry about sales.
In fact, during these days, well-informed caravans from various places have come to Taiyuan County in an endless stream to purchase livestock.
As this wave of rewards was distributed, the morale and morale of the army immediately increased.
Immediately, Li Yunze led tens of thousands of Northern troops, more than 20,000 selected Great Wall Legions, and tens of thousands of additional Zhongshan Kingdom soldiers and horses.
Called 100,000 regular soldiers, levied civilian men to accompany them along the way, and 400,000 troops headed straight for Chang'an City in the name of Jingnan!
