It is the second month of the first year of Qinglong.
The frantic sound of horse hooves resounded throughout Ye City, heading straight to the Yulong Temple in the palace.
The imperial title of Jie and Zhao was changed to "Wei". As the "Emperor", Shi Jian was naturally restless, so he ordered the eunuch to send a secret letter to Zhang Chen, the general of the Fu army who was guarding Fukou, inviting him to take advantage of the opportunity to attack Yecheng, and cooperate with the inside and outside. Execute the traitors!
However, Shi Jian forgot that the eunuch was also from Jin and was an eunuch whom they had captured. He turned around and handed the secret message to Shi Min, who sent troops to attack Shidu.
Shi Min's thousand spirits returned on Pegasus.
With a "boom", the door of Yulongguan was kicked open, and a fishy wind blew in the face.
The clanging sound of the armor shocked people's hearts.
The faces of more than a dozen strong-backed generals were gloomy.
The leader, Shi Min, strode forward, "I treat your majesty well, why did your majesty rebel?"
"Why did you say that?" Shi Jian was used to doing one thing in front of others and another behind his back. At this time, he still had a trace of luck.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to quibble." Shi Min threw the secret letter in front of him, drew his sword, and walked over step by step.
"Qing, Ji Nu... you can't..." Shi Jian shook like chaff.
However, Shi Min didn't hesitate at all. He stabbed the sword forward, directly piercing Shi Jian's throat. Blood instantly flowed from the sword's edge, and he struck out with his backhand. Shi Jian's head rolled on the ground.
The pupils are wide open, with a bit of disbelief...
Excitement flashed across the guard's eyes, as if what was being slaughtered in front of him was just a pig or sheep.
Shi Jian reigned for 103 days, which was shorter than Shi Zun.
Shi Jian also became the fourth Jie Zhao monarch to die unexpectedly after Shi Hong, Shi Shi, and Shi Zun.
After cutting the stone mirror, the anger on Shi Min's face did not weaken at all, "Send the order to arrest the Shi family members in Yedu!"
"Take your orders!" The guard raised his knife and left.
Within half a day, all thirty-eight of Shi Hu's grandsons were arrested, and more than three thousand of his relatives were held on the long street.
Shi Hu's sons were divided into two parts of the town, but many of his grandsons stayed in Yecheng as hostages.
The people of Yedu rushed to watch.
Shi Min walked in front of the Shi family's grandsons with his sword in hand, and his cry for mercy did not waver him at all.
Instead, a trace of unbearable expression flashed across the face of Li Nong behind him, "After all, His Highness was raised by the late Emperor alone... How can we cut off the late Emperor's incense..."
Shi Min seemed to be smiling but said: "Da Sima is really benevolent and righteous, but he killed 60,000 people in Lu County with his own hands, and cut off the incense of many families?"
"How can some small people be compared with the nation..." Li Nong wanted to persuade again.
However, Shi Min didn't give him a chance and shouted: "Behead!"
Bursts of sword light were swung down, blood splattered on the street.
Since then, all of Shihu's bloodline in Yecheng have been exterminated...
"Long live! Long live King Wu De!" The cheers on the long street were deafening.
Someone pounced directly on them, trampling and biting the corpses of the Shi family's grandchildren. Blood and flesh flew everywhere on the execution ground, and their bones and flesh were separated.
While tearing apart, many people looked up to the sky and wailed: "Give back the lives of my whole family..."
The sound was shrill and tragic, like a ghost crying...
Shi Min closed his eyes intoxicated by the cheers. Ever since he took the power, he had never been supported so sincerely, "Has the Great Sima ever heard the voice of the people?"
Li Nong looked bleak, "The general is very popular!"
"General, please obey the will of heaven and people's hearts, and ascend the throne as emperor!" Situ Shenzhong, Sikong Langtian and other Han officials worshiped in front of Shi Min.
"Your Highness, please ascend the throne!" The soldiers knelt down.
"Your Highness, please ascend the throne!" The people also knelt down.
In the entire long street, apart from Shi Min, the only person still standing was Li Nong, whose eyes were fixed on the corpses on the ground.
Shi Min's eyes naturally fell on Li Nong, "The Great Sima is highly virtuous and respected, and this great position should go to the Great Sima!"
Li Nong was suddenly shocked at this moment, fell to the ground, and quickly changed his words, "A great position cannot be occupied by a virtuous person. How can a farmer be so virtuous? Your Majesty's words are enough to kill a farmer! If your Majesty forces me again, I will commit suicide." To thank the world."
The murderous intention in Shi Min's eyes appeared and disappeared.
It was as if two evil winds were blowing towards Li Nong.
However, Li Nong did not commit suicide in the end, and Shi Min did not force him. He laughed and said: "I belong to the old Jin Dynasty. The Jin Dynasty still exists today. Please divide the states and counties with the princes and call them Mu, Shou, Gong, and Hou. I am here to welcome the Emperor of Jin and return his capital to Luoyang."
These words are naturally meant to test people's hearts.
The people present have experienced a series of mutinies and coups by Shi Hu, Shi Shi, Shi Zun, and Shi Jian, and no one is a fool.
Shangshu Hu Mujin said: "Your Majesty's sage virtues are worthy of heaven, and he should ascend to a great position. The Jin family is declining, and he is fleeing far away from the rivers and lakes. How can he always control heroes and dominate the world?"
"Hu Shangshu's words can be said to be known as knowing destiny." Shi Min no longer refused.
"Long live your Majesty!" shouted the long street like a landslide and tsunami.
In March of the first year of Qinglong, Ran Min ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in the southern suburbs of Yecheng. He granted amnesty to all prisoners in the world, changed the year to Yongxing, the country to Wei, and restored the surname Ran.
He honored his grandfather Ran Long as the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, his father Ran Zhan as the Liezu Gao Emperor, his wife Dong as the empress, and his son Ran Zhi as the crown prince.
Li Nong was appointed as Taizai, Taiwei, and Shangshu, and he was granted the title of King of Qi. Li Nong's disciples were all granted the title of County Duke.
His sons Ran Yin, Ran Ming and Ran Yu were made kings. Civil servants and military generals advance to third-class official positions, and there are different levels of titles.
On the day he ascended the throne, he opened the Yedu treasury to provide relief to the Chinese people who came from all over the country.
He also rewarded the soldiers with money and silk from the treasury, which greatly boosted the morale of the army.
However, all the food, money and silk that Shi Hu had accumulated over the past decades were all gone.
Afterwards, Shi Min sent envoys to announce to the tribes in Hebei that they would pardon their previous sins and order them to submit, but all the tribes refused to comply.
Shi Zhi of Xiang State heard that Shi Jian had been murdered, so he proclaimed himself emperor of Xiang State, with the title of Yongning. Shi Kun was appointed as the prime minister, Yao Yizhong was appointed as the Prime Minister of the right and the pro-King of Zhao, and Yao Xiang was appointed as General Hussar, Governor of Yuzhou, and Duke of Xinchang. .
Fu Jian was granted the title of Commander-in-Chief of Henan's military affairs, General of Zhennan, Kaifu Yitong Third Division, Yanzhou Mu, and Lueyang County Duke.
The situation in Hebei has changed suddenly.
The newly born Ran Wei was still surrounded by Zhuhu.
There is Xiang State in the north, Yao Yizhong and his son in the east, Zhang Chen in the west, Ningnan General Yang Qun in the southeast, Jin Dou in the southwest, and south of the river, Liu Guo, the governor of Luozhou, also responded to Shi Zhi.
These forces range from more than 100,000 people to tens of thousands, posing a great threat to Yecheng.
In addition, Shi Hu's former generals Li Li, Zhang Ping, and Gao Chang proclaimed themselves ministers to Murong Jun of the former Yan Dynasty, and Zhang Yu, the governor of Yuzhou, accepted the canonization of Jiangdong.
However, there are also forces in Hebei that respond to Yecheng.
Bohai Liu Zhun, Pang Yue and other powerful officials responded to Ran Min. Zhongshan Prefect Hou Gong and Zhaojun Prefect Li Gong all listened to Ran Wei's orders.
The best news is that Deng Heng's tribe in Le'an neither surrendered to Xiang State nor surrendered to Yan State, and maintained a wait-and-see attitude.
Compared with the Zhuhus in Hebei, the newly born Ran Wei still appears to be weak and has basically no control over all parts of Hebei.
On both sides of the river, the only ones that did not openly oppose Ran Min were Yanzhou and Qingzhou.
For a time, Xiangguo's momentum was greatly increased, and Shi Zhi once again gathered more than 100,000 Hu coalition troops to go south to attack Yecheng.
Xiangguo and Yecheng were only three to four hundred miles away, and there was no buffer between the two places. Either Ran Min would fall, or Shi Zhi would be defeated.
These two places are where Hu and Han people gather.
(End of chapter)
