In the second year of Zhaowu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, January 23, noon.
Wu Sangui, a traitor of a generation and the president of the Great Zhou Dynasty, finally ended his life full of sin and ups and downs. He was poisoned and died in Lie Cuixuan, his presidential palace, and died!
The top officials of Wu Zhou who were in Jiangling at the moment included Wu Sangui's two sons-in-law Xia Guoxiang and Guo Zhuangtu, several of Wu Sangui's confidants Fang Guangchen, Wang Shirong, Wan Sitong, Lu Yifeng, Hong Shiming and others, as well as Wu Sangui's generals Wang Gongliang, Ba Yangyuan, Wang Xu and others were all urgently summoned to the presidential palace.
When these people arrived at the Presidential Palace, cries could already be heard from Wu Sangui's bedroom. This group of people already knew that Wu Sangui had been poisoned, and now they heard the cry again. Their hearts skipped a beat, and they all crowded into President Wu's spacious and somewhat scandalous bedroom without even bothering to ask for instructions.
After entering the dormitory, they saw Wu Yingxiong, the president's wife Zhang, Chen Yuanyuan, and Wu Shilin, who was left by Wu Sangui to teach him personally, all crying beside Wu Sangui's bed.
Wu Sangui himself was lying on the bed upright, without any movement...it seemed that he was out of breath.
Now everyone was anxious and started shouting immediately.
"What's wrong with the President?"
"Your Majesty, the President..."
"What, what, what's going on?"
"Who did it?"
Wu Sangui's eldest wife Zhang and his younger wife Chen Yuanyuan were already in tears. The filial son Wu Yingxiong was also grief-stricken. He almost fainted from crying and could not answer. Only Wu Sangui's grandson Wu Shilin remained awake. He gritted his teeth and said with a look of sadness and annoyance: "It must be Zhu Heji's poison! He put it in the garlic medicine that grandpa took." Poisoned..."
"What?" Guo Zhuangtu was shocked when he heard this, "Didn't you arrange for someone to test the poison?"
"It's been arranged!" Wu Shilin said, "Mrs. Sun, who is in charge of purchasing garlic medicine, tested the poison herself... She was also poisoned and fell into a coma. The doctor at the Presidential Palace is still trying to save her!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing Wu Zhou's blue official uniform, trotted in. After entering, he knelt down to Wu Yingxiong, who was still crying there: "Your Majesty, Mrs. Sun is already awake."
Wu Yingxiong ignored him and just continued to be sad.
Wu Shilin asked: "Have you found out what kind of poison it is?"
"Reporting to the eldest young master, most of Mrs. Sun's poison is caused by pufferfish poison!"
Wu Shilin asked again: "Do you know where the puffer fish poison comes from?"
The doctor said: "You guys found pufferfish poison in the half bottle of garlic medicine left by Mrs. Sun..."
"Why are there still half a bottle left?" Wu Yingxiong suddenly interrupted at this time.
"Reporting to your Majesty," the doctor said, "The garlic medicine has a strong smell of garlic and is really not very tasty..."
"Hmph! It's all this bitch's fault!" Wu Yingxiong roared angrily, "Here comes someone! Take that bitch Kong Sizhen into... Jiangling Mansion!"
Lu Yifeng quickly responded: "I'm here!"
"That bitch Kong Sizhen will be handed over to you for trial! You take her back to Jiangling Mansion and torture her no matter what!" Wu Yingxiong gritted his teeth and said, "Because this bitch deserves to die... After the real culprit is found, Regardless of whether she was involved or not, she will be executed!"
Lu Yifeng said solemnly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will definitely find out the real culprit!"
Wu Yingxiong said again: "Send people to seize Kong Sizhen's mansion again. The slave who went to Nanjing to buy garlic medicine for Kong Sizhen is still in her mansion!"
"I accept the decree!"
Lu Yifeng received Wu Yingxiong's order and quickly went to arrest Kong Sizhen, and arranged for people to go to Kong Sizhen's house to arrest people.
Seeing Lu Yifeng leave quickly, several Wu Zhou ministers present felt a little sympathy for Kong Sizhen... Although this woman is not very virtuous, she is still a very good person, generous and generous, and takes money lightly. Chongyi is also willing to help others blow air on Wu Yingxiong's pillow.
I didn't expect that she would get into such trouble... I wonder if Wu Yingxiong would really kill her?
When everyone was sympathizing with Kong Sizhen, Hong Shiming suddenly reminded: "If the president really asked Zhu Heji to kill him, then he would definitely take the opportunity to invade Wuchang and Hanyang... Our elite soldiers are all in Henan now. Wuchang and Hanyang are only garrisoned by more than 10,000 naval troops led by General Hu, which is really too dangerous!"
Upon hearing this, everyone felt that the problem was a bit serious, and they all turned their attention to Wu Yingxiong. The atmosphere suddenly became extremely tense!
Wu Yingxiong wiped away his tears and said to his brother-in-law Xia Guoxiang: "Prime Minister, you are the Minister of the Ministry of War and you are good at planning... Tell me, what should we do now?"
Xia Guoxiang was only concerned with sadness just now, but now he was reminded by Hong Shiming, and his brows wrinkled, "Now all the troops are in Henan, and Hubei is empty of troops.
However, we have set up four major fortresses along the Yangtze River: Fankou, Huanggang, Shakou, and Qingshan. If the Ming army comes with open swords and guns, the four major fortresses combined will be enough to withstand them for a month or two. Then the Second Young Master's army will come back... Now we are afraid that the Ming army will take advantage of the chaos to attack! "
Wu Yingxiong immediately ordered, "Then impose martial law immediately and block the Yangtze River waterway!"
At this time, Fang Guangchen said to Wu Yingxiong: "Master, the equalization of land in Jiangling Mansion has been completed... and one hundred and five military mansions have been set up. Each military mansion has two thousand strong men. If six men are drawn, If it is one, it will be enough to mobilize 30,000 soldiers."
The equalization of land in Jiangling was completed under the auspices of Wu Yingxiong, the Prime Minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He promoted the lieutenants of the 105th Military Prefecture below one by one. Therefore, the Jiangling Prefecture soldiers are the most reliable weapons in Wu Yingxiong's hands... However, Wu Sangui doesn't think much of the Jiangling Prefecture soldiers, thinking that they are just a group of common people.
In fact, these soldiers did not have the necessary training and had no equipment. They were only as strong as the people.
"Okay!" Wu Yingxiong nodded, "Then immediately mobilize the government troops. The two generals Wang, General Ba, and Jiangling's government troops will be trained by the three of you... Whatever weapons are needed, just arrive Get it from the Ministry of War's arsenal!
Within two months, Jiangling Mansion soldiers must be trained into an army! "
"Got the order!"
Wang Gongliang, Ba Yangyuan, and Wang Xu also immediately took orders.
In fact, they are not the people Wu Yingxiong brought in, but now that Wu Sangui has been poisoned by Zhu Heji, Zhu Ming's army will come to Hubei at any time... This is not the time for separatism!
Wu Yingxiong then said to Wang Shirong: "Shirong, you and my son Shilin go to the front of the Henan Army together... and tell Ying Qi and the generals in front of the Henan Army that my father was poisoned by Zhu Heji. And please Ying Qi and Guo Gui return to Jiangling to preside over important events together."
He then said to his son Wu Shilin: "Shilin, your grandfather's murder is not only a catastrophe for our family, but also a catastrophe for our country during the Great Week... The national crisis is facing us. We cannot just be sad and forget about the danger of national subjugation. .
So don’t come back with your second uncle and third uncle. You should stay in front of the Henan Army and guard the country’s borders with your brother Shicong... Remember, your brother Shicong is the commander-in-chief of the army. You Just a counselor. "
Wu Shilin glanced at his deceased grandfather reluctantly, wiping away tears and replied: "My child knows, my child will listen to Brother Shi Cong in everything."
After Wang Shirong watched the performance of the father and son, he had some idea in his mind - Wu Yingxiong asked his own son to be a hostage next to Wu Shicong in exchange for Wu Yingqi entering Jiangling.
As long as Wu Yingqi is willing to come to Jiangling, Wu Yingxiong's position will be secure!
Thinking of this, Wang Shirong asked again: "Your Majesty, do you have any explanation for what happened in front of the Henan Army?"
Wu Yingxiong shook his head: "Leave everything to Ying Qi's disposal!"
Wang Shirong breathed a sigh of relief and admired Wu Yingxiong's coaxing skills!
Wu Yingqi got Wu Shilin as a hostage, and had full power in front of the Henan Army. Moreover, he could keep Wu Shicong in power in front of the Henan Army. What else could he be worried about?
As long as Wu Yingqi returns to Jiangling and is coaxed by his brother who is the most coaxing, he will probably happily wait to become "Wu Di".
But Zhu Di also recognized Zhu Yunwen first, and then forced him to rebel... If Zhu Yunwen had Wu Yingxiong's ability to coax people, would Zhu Di still rebel?
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