At the eleventh hour, Murong Lun slowly walked out of the Shangguan Mansion. Although the sun was setting, the sun was still hanging high in the sky. However, at this time, Murong Lun had just walked away from the gate of hell. But it was like falling into an ice cave, and the whole body was cold...
With the help of the servants around him, Murong Lun slowly boarded the carriage home. As Murong Lun sat down in the carriage, and under the protection of hundreds of servants, the carriage slowly headed towards Murong's mansion.
After receiving the hand warmer from the servant and getting on the carriage home, Murong Lun's mentality gradually returned to normal.
About two months ago, a piece of news about Shangguan Hongyuan's physical condition spread from Shangguan's residence. The content of this news was probably that Shangguan Hongyuan's condition was much worse than expected, and at most he was only left with Next three to six months.
Because it concerns Shangguan Hongyuan's physical condition, a lot of people paid attention to the news as soon as it came out. Shangguan Hongyuan has remained silent about the news, and the frequency of meetings with ministers has also dropped.
Just when the news was getting worse in Luo'an, Shangguan Hongyuan suddenly ordered that the imperial meeting held once a month according to regulations be suspended indefinitely, and his son Shangguan Changgong, who was serving as the minister of the Ministry of War, was promoted to the minister of the Ministry of War to control all the soldiers and horses under the Luo'an court. , As for affairs between North Korea and China, they are handled through consultation between the cabinet and the six ministries.
Although Shangguan Hongyuan did not publicly respond to the news of his physical condition, with the suspension of the imperial meeting and the move to delegate power to the cabinet and the six ministries, although the court remained stable on the surface and nothing else happened, in fact there was an undercurrent. .
Even those who had doubts about the news before began to believe that Shangguan Hongyuan really had a serious health problem and that he would die soon... ··
The current political structure of the Luo'an court is very aptly described as one superpower with many powers. As the chief minister, Shangguan Hongyuan leads the six ministries with his left hand and holds the political power, and the right hand leads the imperial army and holds the military power. No civil and military man in the court dares to disobey him. !
In addition to Shangguan Hongyuan, the most powerful people in the court were Murong Lun, the Minister of Civil Affairs, Shi Huairen, the Minister of Punishment, and Zheng Chaozong, the Marquis of Baijiang. Among them, the Murong family behind Murong Lun and the Shi family behind Shi Huairen were both A century-old family.
Although compared with the Murong family, which was the elder of the Five Dynasties and Three Pavilions, the last two generations of the Shi family, Shi Zhengying and Shi Huairen, both served as ministers of the six departments. With the hard work of the father and son generations, many officials in the imperial court were Their party disciples, the Shi family's influence in the DPRK has also become intricate and influential!
Because Shi Huairen competed with Lin Yi for the opportunity to join the cabinet in his early years, he had a very bad relationship with the Lin family. Therefore, although they were both from aristocratic families and had similar political stances, Lin Zhengze did not take Shi Huairen to play with him during the Luo'an Incident, but this time It also made Shi Huairen a blessing in disguise, betting on Shangguan Hongyuan, and received considerable political rewards.
Although last time Shi Huairen chose Shangguan Hongyuan in the political decision between Lin Shize and Shangguan Hongyuan, this time Shi Huairen had something else in mind.
Before the first Yunbin War, with the blessing of the great achievement of destroying the Southern Patrol Court, most people in the Luoan Court believed that Shangguan Hongyuan could unify the world, with Ye Mingsheng of the Fengwu Army and Xu Zhaojie of the Zhennan Army To Shangguan Hongyuan, who was at the height of his power at that time, they were nothing more than outcasts...
The Fengwu Army suppressed the Southern Army, but when the Zhou Dynasty Forbidden Army arrived, they were all vulnerable local chickens and dogs!
It was under this political background that the imperial court and the Fengwu Army fought together for the first time. The imperial court's 200,000 elite main force fought for several months, but only five county towns were captured, and even the gate tower of Jinzhong City was not seen. !
Although Shangguan Hongyuan tried his best to whitewash his achievements, boast about the achievements of the Imperial Army's Eastern Expedition, and maintain the prestige and confidence of the Luo'an court!
It is true that Shangguan Hongyuan's tactics are still very effective, intimidating many middle and low-level officials, making them feel that the imperial court's Eastern Expedition is very fruitful, the Luo'an imperial court has a bright future, and it will definitely be able to sweep away the rebellious Fengwu Army. Unify the world!
But these propaganda tricks of Shangguan Hongyuan have no effect on Murong Lun, Shi Huairen and other senior officials in the court. We are all foxes for thousands of years, and no one can see what the facts are.
However, although it can be seen that Shangguan Hongyuan failed strategically and the carefully planned offensive was far from achieving the expected results, after all, from a tactical point of view, five county towns were still captured, which is not to say that they gained nothing and barely kept their pants. Although the elders in the court were disappointed with the Eastern Expedition, they still had great confidence in everyone in the court.
However, the second Yunbin War a few months later disappointed all the big bosses and completely lost confidence in Shangguan Hongyuan and the Forbidden Army... ·····
Faced with the counterattack launched by the Fengwu Army, Wang Muzhi won first and then was defeated miserably. The two hundred thousand Forbidden Army spent countless money and food casualties, and the five counties they had just captured were taken back by the Fengwu Army. As the news spread, Back in Luo'an, the Luo'an court, which was already suffering from internal and external troubles, was undoubtedly in even more trouble.
Against this background, a voice emerged within the Luo'an court. This voice believed that peace talks should be held with the Fengwu Army at this moment, and that they should try their best to recruit Ye Mingsheng and the Fengwu Army under his command. Shangguan Hongyuan also followed suit. Contacted the Fengwu Army again.
Representatives of Shangguan Hongyuan once again expressed to the Fengwu Army that as long as Ye Mingsheng was willing to give up completely, the imperial court was willing to make Ye Mingsheng King of Yan. On the basis of hereditary succession and retirement with the country, the King of Yan could decide on his own whether Liaoyang, Youyan , Jiyu, Qilu, Anqing and other areas now controlled by the Fengwu Army, the imperial court will never interfere with anything.
Such conditions are almost equivalent to that as long as Ye Mingsheng gives up, the court will acquiesce that Fengwu Army will become an independent small kingdom!
However, Ye Mingsheng sneered at such conditions. He once again emphasized the goal of fengwu army to clear the emperor's side, and expressed his willingness to swear by Luoshui. There was no need to make a king as long as he could kill Shangguan Hongyuan, a great traitor, for the court. Willing to give up completely for the great Zhou Yongzhen Northern Xinjiang·······················
With Ye Mingsheng determined to kill Shangguan Hongyuan, the traitor, the peace talks between the two parties lost the basis for negotiation, and the talks were completely broken down!
However, although the negotiations with the Luo'an court represented by Shangguan Hongyuan broke down, the negotiations between Fengwu Army and other court elders are still in progress!
In these negotiations, Fengwu Army negotiators always emphasized that Ye Mingsheng was only targeting the traitor Shangguan Hongyuan, not the entire Luoan court. Ye Mingsheng himself respected the court elders and supported them to stay in office. respective positions!
As long as the traitor Shangguan Hongyuan is eliminated, Ye Mingsheng is willing to sign a peace treaty with the Luo'an court immediately! Never fight again!
After receiving Ye Mingsheng's statement, these court elders were also a little embarrassed. They had been in officialdom for most of their lives, and they were not children. Ye Mingsheng made some promises, and they immediately agreed.
They were also afraid that Ye Mingsheng was pretending to be a snake with them, and was just using their hands to get rid of Shangguan Hongyuan. Once Shangguan Hongyuan died, Ye Mingsheng would lead his troops to the west and enter Zhuluo'an. At that time, they would only Being able to lead Ye Mingsheng immediately.
In this entanglement, they saw the Fengwu Army flourishing and sent troops to Huainan again, capturing half of Huainan including Kangyin. They soon realized that if the Fengwu Army continued to develop, If it goes on, I am afraid that in three to five years, the whole world will really have the surname Ye...
In this context, it was reported that Shangguan Hongyuan was suffering from physical problems, and people's hearts began to stir. Everyone knew that even if Shangguan Hongyuan really died, he would not really return the power to him. Cabinet, he would want his son Shangguan Changgong to become another him.
Shangguan Changgong, who grew up under his father's wing, is far less prestigious than Shangguan Hongyuan in the court. Therefore, in order to stabilize the political power, Shangguan Changgong, who holds military power, is likely to start a new killing spree and make himself bloody. And establish prestige among the corpses!
As for the elders in the imperial court, it was their limit to tolerate Shangguan Hongyuan who held the emperor hostage to control the princes. They did not want to tolerate another Shangguan Changgong.
Therefore, in order not to become a stepping stone for Shangguan Changgong's power, a group of people headed by Shi Huairen decided to strike first. They began to plot to seize power through mutiny and kill Shangguan Hongyuan, Shangguan Changgong and his son, the traitors!
In order to increase the possibility of success, Shi Huairen also approached Murong Lun and introduced his plan with confidence. Shi Huairen reached a tacit understanding with some powerful figures in the Forbidden Army through Baijiang Marquis Zheng Chaozong, allowing them to stand by and watch the coup... ······················
At the same time, Shi Huairen also bribed Sun Yourong, the admiral of Luo'an, and gathered an armed force of more than 5,000 people in Luo'an City. He planned to close the city gate in three days and capture the thieves first. Wang Xian rushed into the Shangguan Mansion and executed them. Shangguan Hongyuan and Shangguan Changgong then took the heads of the father and son and killed other members of Shangguan Hongyuan's gang.
According to Shi Huairen's plan, he could completely overthrow Shangguan Hongyuan's actual rule over the Luo'an court in just one night.
After completing the killing, Shi Huairen needed Murong Lun to be on his side to help him appease the people of the court and Qiu Ba, the Forbidden Army gang. Shi Huairen also planned to use Murong Lun's relationship with the Fengwu Army to complete negotiations with Ye Mingsheng as soon as possible. , to ensure the smooth signing of the peace agreement.
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Although there was a lot of dissatisfaction with Shangguan Hongyuan's rule, Murong Lun still had some doubts about whether Shi Huairen could stabilize the Forbidden Army, so he did not directly agree to Shi Huairen's invitation, but he also ambiguously agreed that Shi Huairen would do it for him. It keeps secrets.
Just when Murong Lun was secretly expecting that Shi Huairen could change the fate of the Luo'an court, today, three days before the incident, Shangguan Hongyuan invited Murong Lun to play chess. For Shangguan Hongyuan's sudden After the invitation, Murong Lun immediately felt the danger...
At that moment, Murong Lun's subconscious reaction was to notify Shi Huairen to ask him to take action in advance. However, he soon realized that if Shangguan Hongyuan was really prepared, it would be too late for him to rule Shi Huairen at this time. If he informed Shi Huairen , not only can't change anything, but it may also involve one's own family.
So at that critical moment of lightning, Murong Lun finally chose to trust his rational judgment and did not notify Shi Huairen. Instead, he went to Shangguan Hongyuan's house alone to answer Shangguan Hongyuan's chess game.
To be honest, when he saw the rumored Shangguan Hongyuan in the room who was too ill to see anyone, looking at him quietly with a normal expression, Murong Lun knew that this was Shangguan Hongyuan's plan, and Shi Huairen had fallen into the trap!
Sure enough, Chen Jingyu's report made everything settled!
Although he was very unwilling, Murong Lun was also glad that he was cautious in the end. Although Shangguan Hongyuan had always been wary of his and his family's influence and was worried that killing him would make the situation out of control, but if he really agreed to Shi Huairen at that time, , then with Shangguan Hongyuan’s character, he would kill his whole family without hesitation!
During the chess game, Murong Lun could also feel Shangguan Hongyuan's entangled heart. He could clearly feel that Shangguan Hongyuan had murderous intentions for him, so in order to survive, he decisively surrendered to Shangguan Hongyuan, saying The surrender of myself and the Murong family...
Even so, Murong Lun was not sure at that time that Shangguan Hongyuan would really let him and the Murong family go. It wasn't until the moment he walked out of Shangguan's mansion that he felt that he was temporarily safe.
After burning incense, Murong Lun's carriage slowly returned home. At this time, a group of Murong family members were waiting for him early.
As soon as Murong Lun stepped off the carriage, Murong Dou, the sixth master of the Murong family, immediately wanted to come forward and report, but was warned by Murong Lun's look.
It wasn't until he walked into the study that Murong Lun nodded slightly. Seeing this, Murong Doucai said with a look of horror:
"Brother, they are all dead! They are all dead!"
"Brother, not long after you were found by Shangguan Hongyuan, the Supervision Department and the Forbidden Army broke into Shi Huairen and Zheng Chaozong's home. They killed everyone, men, women, old and young, on sight. Shi Huairen, Zheng Chaozong and the others were all dead!"
"People from the Supervision Department and the Forbidden Army also surrounded our home, and they almost rushed in. I just led my tribe to prepare for a fight to the death... ·······”
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