Meng Shu, Chengdu Prefecture, at this time, this famous city in Shu no longer has the aura of wealth and nobility that can be seen in the red and wet places at dawn, and the flowers are heavy on the official city.
At this moment, the six gates of Chengdu Fucheng were wide open, and the people, gentry, merchants, and even the soldiers guarding the city were helping the old and the young and running out of the city crying.
Those whose families were too big to leave, those who had no relatives in the countryside, and those who had no way of living outside Chengdu Prefecture began to seal up their homes with wooden boards.
If any family has an unmarried daughter, they would originally have to choose the character, talent and appearance of the uncle. Now, as long as you are willing to marry, you will pay a large amount of dowry just to marry off your daughter.
In this way, at least the daughter is married. If she is insulted by the soldiers, it will be because the uncle failed to protect his wife and children, so he will not be unable to get married at all in the end.
At this time, if anyone has a connection with Beibing, there are countless people who come to ask for protection or even sell themselves into slavery.
For example, there was a sudden rumor in Chengdu Prefecture that Han Baozheng's sister, who had taken refuge in Mianzhou, was the favorite concubine of Emperor Shao Ming. In an instant, people outside the Han residence seeking protection surrounded Han Baozheng's residence on three floors inside and three outside.
Among them were many high-ranking officials and dignitaries from Meng and Shu. They could not enter the mansion, so they slept on the ground outside the mansion.
Meng Shu's court has completely lost even a little bit of its role. Not only was the Chengdu Mansion in chaos, but there were robberies and fights in various palaces of Meng Shu, and there were even people with evil intentions outside the palace attacking the palace.
Such a chaotic situation made the rich and small-armed gangsters in Chengdu a mouthful. Some people married five or six wives overnight, and some simply broke into the homes of wealthy people and occupied empty houses and considered themselves the masters.
There are even more daring ones who pretend to be the vanguard of the Zhou army to explore the horses, and openly seize the wives and daughters of the people, dominating them.
Of course, as a symbol of escaping from the mortal world, Buddhist temples such as Wenshu Monastery, Zhaojue Temple, and Baoguang Temple in Chengdu Prefecture are also overcrowded.
In the Xuanhua Palace, the sixty-three-year-old Princess Fuxing, carrying a long sword, led dozens of strong eunuchs and fat palace maids, as well as a small number of guards holding bows and swords, patrolling back and forth in the three main halls of the palace. .
Anyone who sees robbing, stealing, or even shouting and running around will immediately show that he has no eyesight for bows and arrows.
Under her strong intimidation, the panic outside finally did not spread to the three main halls of Xuanhua Palace where Meng Chang was located.
However, after the commotion calmed down, Princess Fuqing looked at the Chongde Hall where Meng Chang was, and was speechless for a long time. After a while, she sighed and said
"Emperor Wu and the late Emperor were so heroic, but they gave birth to a son who was like an embroidered pillow. He was always so proud and full of pride but had no sense of responsibility in his heart.
If he could die for his country, he would still be a hero. If he is like this today, how can he still have half of the blood of my Li family? He is far inferior to brother He! "
This gray-haired old lady, Princess Fuxing, is the daughter of Li Keyong's younger brother, Li Keyong.
Emperor Wu refers to Li Keyong, and the late emperor refers to Meng Zhixiang. He Ge'er is the eldest son of Li Cunxu, the Wei king Li Jiji who immediately committed suicide when he heard that Zhuang Zong was dead.
There are two theories about Meng Zhixiang's first wife in history. One is that he married Princess Qionghua, the sister of Zhuangzong Li Cunxu, a daughter of Li Keyong.
It is said that he married Li Kerang's daughter, who is the current Princess Fuxing (Qing).
The former is recorded on the epitaph of Princess Fuqing, and the latter is recorded in the history of the Old Five Dynasties.
This is actually correct, because when Meng Zhixiang was still working as a left-behind in Beijing (Taiyuan), he hooked up with his widowed sister-in-law, Princess Fuxing.
After Meng Zhixiang entered Shu, Tang Mingzong killed all Li Keyong's descendants. Princess Fuxing resented Mingzong, so she followed Princess Qionghua into Shu.
The Book of the Later Tang Dynasty was written in the Later Jin Dynasty. Compared with Shi Jingtang, Li Siyuan's son-in-law who betrayed his country and sought glory, Meng, as a rare blood relative of Li Keyong, had much stronger appeal than Shi Jingtang.
I would have known that Meng Yiye, the second brother of Meng Chang, the Lord of Shu, was Li Ke's grandson with one of the few living blood relatives.
In addition, Meng Shu intended to use troops in Guanzhong at that time, and Li Keyong's veteran generals were still alive, so they all wanted to respond.
Therefore, the imperial court of the later Jin Dynasty adopted a unified approach when compiling books and did not admit that Meng Zhixiang's lineage was directly related to Li Keyong.
After Princess Fuxing took control of the situation, she quickly entered the palace to find Meng Chang's biological mother, Queen Mother Li.
Empress Dowager Li was originally a concubine of Emperor Zhuangzong of the Tang Dynasty, but was later given to Meng Zhixiang and gave birth to Meng Chang.
This is also a determined old lady. In history, after Meng Chang was killed by Zhao Da, she did not cry beside Meng Chang's body, but raised a glass of wine and said to Meng Chang's body.
"You cannot die in the country, and you have been greedy for life to this day. The reason why I bear the death is for you to keep in mind. Now that you are dead, I will live in peace." Then he also went on a hunger strike and died.
Princess Fuxing and Liang Qiang were weak, and there were often soldiers pressing down on the territory. Naturally, she was not a crying lady in the palace. The first thing she said when she saw Empress Dowager Li was to ask.
"Are you willing to die for the country?"
Empress Dowager Li shook her head sadly. She didn't know whether she was sad that Meng Shu was about to destroy his country, or that Meng Chang refused to die for his country.
"I poured two large bowls of poisonous wine, but I said it was too cold and I needed to warm it up and add tangerine peel and rock sugar before I could drink it. The golden elixir was in the box, and they said it was too big and I might not be able to swallow it."
After hearing this, Princess Fuxing burst into tears, "What a hero the late emperor was, how could he be born with such a tiger father and son?
The emperor of Shaoming was able to spare Gao Baorong and Ma Xiguang because they had long been docile and cowardly, so that they could return to the new dynasty as nobles to show the generosity of the emperor of the Central Plains.
But although they were not talented, they were clever. They ruled Shu for fourteen years and were very popular. They even sent troops to Guanzhong with the intention of competing in the Central Plains. How could the emperor of the Northern Dynasty tolerate him?
If I can't die now, will the Meng clan be wiped out? "
Empress Dowager Li also cried loudly, "The pain of country subjugation is not easy to bear.
Besides, the Li family and the Fei family next to my brother are both beautiful and fragrant. Once they enter the capital of the gods, how can the emperor of the Northern Dynasty not salivate? How can he still save his life? It is better to die today. "
Say it, the two women burst into tears outside Chongde Hall.
Meng Chang heard a cry in the palace, and his face turned green and red. He picked up the poisonous wine bowl, sighed several times and then put it down.
He accidentally saw the golden elixir in the wooden box next to him, but he looked away with gritted teeth as if he had been stung by a wasp.
At this time, Fei didn't have the title of Mrs. Huaxin, and she had only been in the palace for more than half a year, but she was already extremely favored.
She looked at Meng Chang with tears in her eyes, gently took off a dagger from her inner robe, and then raised her hands above her head.
"The slave family has been very beautiful since they were young, and many noble disciples covet it. They often use this sword to protect their chastity.
The sons of our heroes, if the country is ruined and the family is about to perish, and the women are about to fall into filth, why not follow the example of Li Congke, a commoner in Liang, and Li Congke in the Xuanwu Tower, and my concubine should follow suit. "
After listening to Fei's words, Meng Chang realized that the seemingly weak Fei in front of him not only had ice-cold muscles and clear bones but also had a strong heart.
In fact, this is not called strong. In fact, this girl Fei was coveted when she was young because she was extremely beautiful. She felt very insecure and longed to be protected, so she should be called Mu Qiang.
Although Meng Chang pretended to commit suicide, it was actually just a show, and he still wanted to survive in his heart.
Now after listening to Fei's words, I felt ashamed and angry. I took the opportunity to get angry on the spot and swept the poisonous wine and golden elixir in front of me to the ground, while shouting a scolding.
"This is something that only a lonely person can say. How dare you, a palace lady, say this!"
As he said this, he seemed to be leaving in anger, but in fact he was running away.
Fei fell to the ground crying with disappointment. At this moment, Princess Fuxing and Queen Mother Li also entered the Chongde Hall. The two women looked at Meng Chang's hastily escaping back, desperate and helpless.
Princess Fuxing looked at the six or seven stunning beauties in the palace and whispered to Queen Mother Li: "We don't want to die for our country. Just because the palace is so colorful, it will be a way to die in the capital of gods!"
Empress Dowager Li cried all her tears, but after all, it was her biological son, and she was not as determined as Princess Fuxing to force Meng Chang to death for the sake of the Meng family.
She looked at Princess Fuxing and said sadly: "I heard that Emperor Shao Ming treated the generals in Hedong very well. He also praised Emperor Wu for his loyalty to the Tang Dynasty, and he also accepted Ming Zongzi as his adopted son.
My sister is a woman, is there any way to avoid disaster? "
Princess Fuxing was silent for a long time. She understood what Empress Dowager Li meant. She wanted him to cry to Zhang Zhang as the niece of Emperor Li Keyong to see if he could save Meng Chang's life.
Recalling Meng Zhixiang's kindness to her in the past, she also recalled the kindness of her sister, Princess Qionghua, who climbed into her brother-in-law's bed without asking her questions, and even persuaded Meng Zhixiang to give her a title.
Princess Fuxing gritted her teeth and nodded heavily. She pointed at Li Yanniang, the noble concubine of Meng Chang in the palace and said.
"If you want to avoid disaster, you should give up all your possessions. All the Meng family's property in Shu must be dedicated, and all these stunning beauties around you should also be dispersed.
I heard that Emperor Shao Ming liked to win over beautiful women the most, similar to Wei Wu.
As a noble concubine, Mrs. Li is very charming and can also perform palm dances. If she offers her to her, she will definitely be favored. If she gives her a few kind words, she may save everyone's life. "
Queen Mother Li shook her head slowly. It wasn't that she thought this method was bad. On the contrary, it was a very reliable choice. She felt it was inappropriate to send Li Yanniang away.
"Li is a noble concubine, just like a queen, so sending her away is a disgrace to the family.
Moreover, this woman came from a family of musicians. Although she was good at music, she was not good at poetry and her words were often vulgar.
On the other hand, Fei's appearance was even more beautiful than that of Li's, and she had just entered the palace not long ago. She was good at poetry and music, and her voice was like gold and jade, soft yet strong.
Emperor Shao Tian is the master of Tianzong, so he would definitely prefer someone like Fei. "
The vulgar words in Empress Dowager Li's mouth did not mean that Li Yanniang liked to say dirty words, but that she was not a high-profile person and did not have Fei's unworldly temperament.
As expected, she was worthy of being a woman who made her fortune by entertaining people. Empress Dowager Li had predicted Zhang's preferences to a very close degree.
I, Zhang Shengren, have no shortage of women now. Naturally, in addition to appearance, I pay more attention to connotation.
Li Yanniang has good looks but little temperament, while Fei Shi, the future love interest wife, has the appearance of a fairy but a heart of ice, which is perfect for me, Zhang Shengren.
Meng Chang hid in the inner hall, while the two women discussed outside to send their daughter-in-law out for safety. They felt their own share of sorrow and tears. After the agreement was completed, the two went to persuade Fei.
After hearing this, Fei was like thunder. At this time, she had only entered the palace for half a year. Although Meng Chang had just disappointed him, on weekdays, I, Meng Wansui, was more elegant and suave than Pan An, was proficient in poetry, and was the lord of a country. I had already treated Fei He was so confused that his eyes were intoxicated.
This was the time when I was passionately in love, and suddenly I was asked to go thousands of miles away to serve another man. I couldn't accept it for a while.
What's more, the Lord of Zhou was from Hexi and had always been accused of being a Tibetan thief. The Northern soldiers under his command were so brutal. It is impossible to say that the Lord of Zhou himself was a monster with a height of eight feet and a waist of eight feet.
Thinking of this, Fei cried even harder, but he was just a prostitute, and in the end he could not control Princess Fuxing, who was determined to save the Meng family, and Queen Mother Li, who was determined to save Meng Chang.
After being washed and cleaned, he was escorted by Empress Dowager Li's brother to the Zhou army camp, and then waited to be sent to Chang'an.
. . . .
While earth-shaking changes were taking place in Chengdu, Yin Zhengqi had already led his army across Zhongshui (Luo River) and arrived in Hanzhou (Guanghan).
It was only a little over a hundred miles from Hanzhou to Chengdu. It can be said that the Zhou army had already reached the suburbs of Chengdu.
Yin Zhengqi's army arrived in the morning, and within a few hours, Meng Shu and Zhongshu's subordinate Li Hao, Zhongshu's minister's mother Zhaoyi, Meng Chang's brother, Li Keyong's only living grandson, Shu Yan King Meng Yiye The three of them arrived at the military camp with Jiang Jiao.
Li Hao had a very complicated heart. He knew that his son Li Xiaofeng and his half-brother Li Dalang's family had been working for Dazhou for a long time, and he himself also liked the unification of mountains and rivers.
But when the former Shu king Yan's kingdom was destroyed, it was he who surrendered. Now that Meng's Shu Kingdom no longer exists, he was still the one who wrote this downgrade.
Thinking of this, Li Hao looked at his mother Zhaoyi with a mournful face and said: "A certain person has been in Shu for twenty years, and the second person who cultivated surrender will be ridiculed by future generations!"
Mother Zhaoyi was Meng Chang's confidant. She originally wanted to comfort Li Hao, but she felt so heartbroken that she couldn't say a word, so she could only give up with a long sigh.
When Li Hao, whose mother was Zhaoyi, and Meng Yiye arrived among the Zhou army in Hanzhou, tens of thousands of soldiers cheered, and the three-month battle against Shu finally came to an end.
Different from the historical history where 140,000 people all dismounted their armor a few decades later, Meng Shu in this time and space still has a large number of elites who Meng Zhixiang killed Dong Zhang and resisted in the Later Tang Dynasty.
Although it cannot be compared with the Xiaorui of the Zhou army who defeated Khitan and destroyed Hedong, he is not a lamb to be slaughtered.
And this was also the first time that a country was truly destroyed by war after the founding of Zhang Zhou. The previous Nanping and Ma Chu could actually be said to have been forced to surrender. Only Meng Shu won through bloody battles.
Yin Zhengqi accepted the surrender and detained Meng Yiye in the army. He still respected this king who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun.
After all, there were many warriors from the Hedong and Daibei lines in Zhang Zhou's court, so Li Keyong's grandson still had to be given some preferential treatment.
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When Li Hao and Mu Zhaoyi saw that Yin Zhengqi was willing to show respect to Meng Yiye, they knew that at least Cai Guogong, Yin Zhengqi, the commander-in-chief of Zhou's expedition to Shu, had no plans to go on a killing spree.
The rest depends on how Emperor Zhou, who is far away in Chang'an, will deal with the Meng family.
Yin Zhengqi then released his mother Zhaoyi back to Chengdu, and ordered Meng Chang to lead hundreds of officials out of the city to beg for surrender.
Li Hao was left by his side as a consultant to understand the military and political affairs of Shu.
Following his mother Zhaoyi back were three generals: Li Cunhui, Gao Huaide and Li Rong.
The former is the emperor's adopted son, Gao Huaide is the head coach and a relative of the emperor, and Li Rong has made great efforts in Dingxing Yuan Mansion, so it is most appropriate for the three of them to go.
The three of them were headed by Li Cunhui. As soon as he arrived in Chengdu, he immediately sealed the treasury of the Shu state, searched the Meng family's property, and registered the curios, goods, gold, silver, and jade objects in the Meng Shu palace, as well as the palace people and eunuchs.
Gao Huaide led the troops to guard the eight gates of Chengdu Prefecture to maintain law and order and detect spies.
Li Rongze began a killing spree in Chengdu Mansion.
Of course, those who were killed were not ordinary people or the royal family of the Meng family, but those daring city foxes, community rats, and local ruffians in these days.
A day ago, these guys were taking advantage of the chaos to rape and plunder, but now, they were all killed by the Zhou army.
With Li Cunhui's consent, Li Rong killed more than 400 people at once, released more than a thousand occupied women, and returned thousands of people's property.
When the people of Chengdu Prefecture saw that the Zhou army not only did not plunder, but also acted fairly and punished lawbreakers, they were immediately reassured.
On May 25th, Yin Zhengqi led an army of 40,000 to the east gate of Chengdu. Meng Chang led the sheep naked and led all the civil and military officials out of the city to beg for surrender.
Yin Zhengqi immediately accepted Meng Chang's formal surrender as the chief official of the military camp in the expedition to Shu.
On May 27th, Yin Zhengqi set up the yamen in Chengdu Prefecture to investigate and deal with the twenty-one prefectures of Xichuan in the expedition to Shu, and issued an order.
He ordered the military envoys of Yongping Army in Yazhou, the military envoys of Wuxin in Suizhou, the military envoys of Wude Army in Zizhou, and the observation and disposal envoys of seven states including Lu and Rong to arrive in Chengdu within five days.
On May 29th, Ma Zhaoyuan established the Pingshu Dongchuan Thirteen Prefectures Observation and Disposal Envoy Office in Fuzhou and began to stabilize the situation east of Meng Shu.
Meng Shu was declared dead.
And just when Meng Chang was leading the sheep out, a team of three hundred Hanshandu Jingqi, carrying a large number of Meng Shu palace treasures and a green carriage, began to go to Chang'an.
