King Fu had indeed decided to rebel.
Because the trick Zhu Youxiao asked Wei Zhongxian to do really pushed him into a desperate situation and made him unable to tolerate it any longer.
But rebellion is not easy.
King Fu first asked his escort to immediately capture the Henan government office and Luoyang county government office in Luoyang to control the officials of these two government offices and control the city of Luoyang.
Because Lu Xiangsheng's 1st Infantry Battalion of Guards Town had already escorted the money back to Nanjing with Li Zhizao and others in advance, and Lu Xiangsheng had already received the imperial decree to lead his troops to stay at Luyang Pass, the important road from Henan Prefecture to Nanyang Prefecture after leaving Luoyang. Only one thousand headquarters was sent to deposit the money back to Nanjing Daming Bank with Li Zhizao and others. Therefore, there are no regular officers and soldiers of the imperial court in Luoyang City.
Therefore, it seemed easier for King Fu to control Luoyang.
But in fact, Zhu Youxiao deliberately left Luoyang City without regular officers and soldiers.
Because if the regular officers and soldiers of the imperial court led by Lu Xiangsheng were still in Luoyang, with King Fu's courage, there was no guarantee that they would not rebel, and it would still not give Zhu Youxiao a chance to deal with King Fu and reform the sect and vassal system.
However, when King Fu took control of Henan Prefectural Government and Luoyang County Government, there were no officials in these two places.
Because these officials had been transferred to Kaifeng by Zhu Youxiao's order from the governor of Henan before, and there were only some subordinate officials who were still in the government and county offices of Henan.
Moreover, Zhu Youxiao also withdrew the chief historian assigned to Prince Fu's Mansion in advance.
It was obvious that Zhu Youxiao had already made all preparations for King Fu's rebellion.
King Fu was naturally aware of this, but now he had no choice but to rebel.
For this reason, after King Fu raised his army, he only captured a group of subordinate officials and students from the county school in Luoyang City, brought them to his residence, and asked these people to rebel with him.
These subordinate officials and staff were naturally afraid of death and did not dare to disobey orders, so they all knelt down and started shouting "Long live the King of Fortune".
King Fu felt very proud when he saw these people kneeling in front of him and shouting long live. He couldn't help but laugh, and he began to feel some of the pleasure of being an emperor.
For a moment, King Fu felt that it would be much happier to rebel directly and violently fight against Zhu Youxiao's oppression than to remain silent all the time.
At least now, he can stand tall and say whatever he wants and do whatever he wants.
Next, King Fu also began to increase the number of official positions, making Ye Chuchun a cabinet bachelor, and also made several of his other retainers and several literati who took the initiative to get close to him become ministers and ministers. The eunuch beside him, Liu Bizu, Then he became the eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch of the ceremony, and Zhao Shizhong, his escort of Qianhu, also became the chief military officer.
And this made King Fu feel the beauty of being an emperor.
Then, he also issued an edict to immediately ascend the throne, hold a coronation ceremony, and issue a military proclamation to the world. Naturally, the content of his proclamation was to scold Zhu Youxiao, saying that Zhu Youxiao was stupid and incompetent, cruel and arrogant, and favored treacherous people. .
As for soldiers and horses, King Fu's own bodyguard only had more than 1,600 people.
Such a small number of soldiers and horses are naturally not enough to fight against the imperial court.
Therefore, King Fu then ordered Liu Bizu and Zhao Shizhong to recruit troops.
Recruiting troops and buying horses requires money, but King Fu is not willing to pay because Zhu Youxiao has caused him a lot of losses, so now he is reluctant to bear the thought of continuing to pay for it.
"Increase the levy! Increase the levy immediately! I, the King of Heaven, raised an army to quell the crisis and killed the tyrant. How can the people of the world not help me!"
King Fu proposed another solution of spending money to recruit troops.
"My slave obeys the order!"
Liu Bizu replied, and together with Deng Ruochang and other royal officials and tax envoys, they began to collect people's wealth.
However, in order not to anger the local officials and gentry, King Fu did not let Liu Bizu, Deng Ruochang and other royal officials ask the officials for money. He only asked ordinary farmers to ask for money.
For a while, many farmers in the Luoyang area were left with their families broken up and their families full of complaints.
Even the prince's own tenants had their rent increased.
While plundering people's wealth, recruiting troops and horses is also in progress.
Many refugees in Luoyang did not know much about politics and had no interest in understanding it. After being forcibly captured by the guards of Prince Fu's Mansion to serve as soldiers and finding food to eat, they joined the rebel team in a daze.
In addition, some local gangsters and green forest heroes also thought that they could become more powerful with the help of the palace because they saw the palace recruiting troops, and many of these people joined the rebel team.
For a time, King Fu also expanded his number to more than 30,000 troops based on the original 1,600 guards.
But King Fu was still not satisfied. He felt that the more soldiers and horses, the better, so he still asked Liu Bizu, Deng Ruochang and others to capture strong men all over Luoyang.
At the same time, King Fu ascended the throne, proclaimed himself emperor, and issued an edict stating that the next year would be changed to the first year of Longxi.
After taking the throne, King Fu issued an edict to select his concubine.
Before, Zhu Youxiao forced him to restrain his anger. He neither dared to amass money crazily nor dared to rob civilian girls and collect beauties as before. But now, he has launched an army to rebel, so naturally he no longer has to hold it in. , and his true colors were revealed, and he began to search for beautiful women everywhere in the name of choosing a concubine.
As a result, not only strong men were arrested throughout Luoyang, but also countless women.
Before King Fu even conquered Luoyang City, he had already made the people in Luoyang miserable.
Of course, there are also those who take the initiative to offer their daughters, or who feel very honored because their daughter or wife was captured and taken away from the palace, and feel that they can be superior to others and bully others in the future.
But this is naturally a minority.
Most people cannot stand this chaotic state.
However, most people have always been more tolerant and resigned to their fate, just waiting for others to save them.
Therefore, before the first person who dared to take the initiative to resist stood up, the common people did not do anything to benefit King Fu. At most, they just cried and cursed a few words behind their backs. Even if they felt desperate, they just committed suicide. They felt that King Fu was like this Man cannot be shaken.
In fact, King Fu's current rebellion is a farce in the eyes of many people who know their own interests.
At least that's what Zhu Yousong, Prince Fu's eldest son, thinks now.
It's not that he thinks there's anything wrong with his father's treatment of the people, he just thinks that even if his father recruits so many soldiers, he can't be an opponent of the imperial court.
Zhu Yousong's fear of the imperial court was just like the people's fear of Prince Fu's Mansion.
Just like the people felt that Prince Fu's Mansion had many thugs and guards and that he was no match for it, Zhu Yousong also felt that the court had many powerful soldiers and horses, and it was impossible for him to defeat Prince Fu's Mansion alone.
Therefore, in order to save his own life, Zhu Yousong decided to betray his father instead of rebelling with King Fu, even though he had now been named the prince.
Zhu Yousong disguised himself and fled Luoyang City overnight, passing through Sishui, Kaifeng, and Guide. Finally, he met Emperor Zhu Youxiao in Xuzhou and immediately reported his father's rebellion to Emperor Zhu Youxiao.
"I dare not deceive your majesty! My father, who has lost his wits, listened to the villain's slander, and raised an army to rebel. Now he has occupied Henan Mansion and Luoyang County Government Office, released the prisoners, issued a proclamation, and recruited troops. Although this is against filial piety, he is loyal. Before filial piety, I have no choice but to sacrifice my filial piety and fulfill my loyalty, and bear the infamy of betraying my father to inform His Majesty, and also ask the court to make a decision as soon as possible to bring peace to the world!"
At this time, Zhu Yousong knelt in front of Zhu Youxiao and spoke excitedly.
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