Chapter 385: Hu Shahu
Tu Danyi, Zhang Xingxin, Liang Wangtang and other upright ministers wrote to oppose it, and they pointed out to the emperor that Hu Shahu's return and reuse would have a very bad impact on the court and would damage the prestige of the emperor.
However, because the incompetent emperor was not good at knowing people and talents, he felt that Hu Shahu still had something to use, and there were too many intercessors, so they all recommended Hu Shahu, and the emperor once again let Hu Shahu come back, and gave him Shang Fang's sword, and made him a marshal, in charge of 5,000 military guards, stationed in the old military camp north of the central capital.
After taking office, Hu Shahu, a tumbler who had three ups and downs, showed his original face, first removed Jiang Yuanbi, the former deputy marshal of the Wuwei Army, and let his grandson Ke Hongwei serve as him. Because Jiang Yuanbi was born in Han and was the son-in-law of Liang Wangtang, the political affairs of Pingzhang, while Ke Hongwei was the son of his son-in-law Yira.
This dismissal had a very bad impact on the army, and many officers and men believed that Hu Shahu carried out orders as soon as he was in power, but still excluded foreign generals and insisted on the practice of cronyism. So Hu Shahu let Ke Hongwei take the command of the Wuwei Army alone, and he went to the mountains and forests all day long to shoot and hunt, and did not care about the military.
The soldiers talked a lot, many people went to the central capital to report to the emperor, asking for transfer, unwilling to serve in the Wuwei army, Wei Shao Wang Yongji was angry, so he personally led the prime minister Danyi to the old military camp to inspect.
Before leaving, Liang Wangtang, the governor of the political council, suggested: "The old military camp is more than 80 miles away from the central capital, and the emperor should not go lightly. β
When the emperor heard this, he said angrily: "Could it be that Hu Shahu dares to turn the sky upside down? I guess he may not have the courage, not to mention that there are still a large number of soldiers in the armed guards?"
Wei Shao Wang Yongji did not listen to the advice, insisted on going with the prime minister Danyi, and took fifty forbidden army retinues to the old military camp.
After Ke Hongwei, the deputy commander of the Wuwei Army, learned the news that the emperor was coming, he was busy finding Hu Shahu from the mountain village, and after the two discussed, Hu Shahu immediately said: "Since the emperor is not good, I will also be unjust to him." β
After the two discussed, they went separately to prepare, just waiting for Wei Shao Wang Yongji and Prime Minister Tu Danyi to come. In the afternoon of the same day, the emperor's car arrived, Hu Shahu hid far away, only let Ke Hongwei go to meet him, Yongji asked: "Why didn't Hu Shahu come out to meet him?"
He was busy training soldiers and horses for days, overworked, accidentally fell off his horse, his leg fell and he couldn't walk, and asked the emperor to forgive him for his disrespect. β
Listening to his words, the emperor really thought that Hu Shahu's future arrival was due to his leg injury, but Tu Danyi asked again: "Why don't many generals in the army come to meet him?"
"On weekdays, the training of soldiers and horses is very tight, the discipline is very strict, and the marshal requires that the generals not leave the troops, and the soldiers do not leave the team. β
Ke Hongwei led the emperor and the prime minister to a separate courtyard, and after they were settled, they walked out. Until it was dark, and no one was coming, Tu Danyi went to the door to look, only to see soldiers standing outside the wall, he came back and said: "The emperor still doesn't understand? Hu Shahu asked us to lock up the two of us here, ignore them, and no one even sent saliva, isn't it to rebel?"
Wei Shao Wang Yongji said: "Maybe he is too busy to take a break, wait and see." β
Tu Danyi said angrily: "Hu Shahu is busy, he is busy hunting in the mountains, busy eating, drinking, and merrymaking, busy ......" Before he finished speaking, the door opened, and a soldier who delivered food came in, and the emperor looked at it and was so angry that he almost fainted.
It turned out that the food brought to the two of them was actually two pieces of black flour buns and two pieces of pickles, and Tu Danyi asked the soldier, "Where is Hu Shahu?"
Seeing that there was no one on all sides, the soldier dared to whisper: "Marshal Hu Shahu and his subordinates are holding a celebration banquet. β
"What about the other generals in the army?"
"The generals who opposed Marshal Hu were all locked up, and only his cronies ......"
Suddenly, the door opened, and another deputy marshal of the Wu Wei Army, who was drunk and drunk, walked in and said, "The emperor takes turns to do it, and he will come to my house this year." I said, King Wei Shao, you have been the emperor for more than four years, you should be content, right?"
When Wei Shao Wang Yongji heard this, he was stunned, he couldn't say a word, or Prime Minister Danyi's brain reacted faster, and he shouted at Wanyan Ugly Slave: "Nonsense, what kind of crime should you be guilty of being so rude to the current emperor, don't you kneel down quickly, confess to the emperor, and spare you from death." β
When Wanyan Ugly Slave heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "Forget it, he, the emperor, has already done it, it's time for someone else to do it, if he begs me for mercy, maybe he can save his life, otherwise don't want to get out of this threshold alive." β
Tu Danyi immediately said: "Do you know? Planning a rebellion and plotting a coup d'Γ©tat, not only should you kill your head, but also destroy the Nine Clans. β
Wanyan Ugly Slave couldn't help but sneer: "Don't hold on to that rotten zombie, let me ask you: In our Dajin Kingdom, since the beginning of Wanyan Liang, King Hailing, how many emperors have been overthrown, do you know? Since ancient times, feng shui has taken turns, and the emperor should also be changed, what's so strange about this?"
At this time, Wei Shao Wang Yongji was already sober, and he was busy saying: "On weekdays, I treat you well and send you to be the deputy commander of the Wuwei Army, why do you want to harm me so much?"
Wanyan Chounu interrupted him and told him: "Don't blame me, this is all Hu Shahu's idea, he is worried that you will punish him again, so he will do it first." β
King Wei Shao hurriedly stepped forward and took his hand and said, "You go, you go and tell him quickly, I won't punish him, let him rest assured, let him come to see me." β
Wanyan Ugly Nu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "This ...... I'm afraid this won't work, he won't agree, because everything has been planned, you can't be the emperor anymore, and Hu Shahu will never change. β
At this time, someone came to him and said to him: "The marshal let you go!"
King Wei Shao hurriedly ran over again, grabbed him and said, "You go and tell Hu Shahu that I will not punish him, as long as he lets me go back to Zhongdu, I will promote him." β
Wanyan Chounu threw his hand and said, "You should have done this a long time ago! Okay, I told him, I must say it to Hu Shahu!"
After Yan Chounu left, Wei Shao Wang Yongji hugged his head with both hands, cried loudly, and said intermittently: "I regret not deserving of it...... If I don't listen to advice, let this wolf-hearted beast carry heavy soldiers, what a fool of me. β
Seeing that Wei Shao Wang Yongji was crying so sadly, Tu Danyi walked over to help him up and persuaded him: "The matter has come to this, it is useless to cry, and the only way now is to think of escaping." β
At this point, he walked to the door and saw that there were soldiers with large swords, staring at them. Tu Danyi walked to the window again to see that there were soldiers guarding outside, so he returned to his seat and sat down, and looked at the top of the house, which was so tall and sturdy that it was really harder to break through the house and escape.
Wei Shao Wang Yongji came to Tu Danyi again and asked, "Is there a way to escape?"
Tu Danyi shook his head weakly, sighed, and said, "Since Hu Shahu launched a coup d'Γ©tat, how could he easily let us escape? β
After he finished speaking, he walked to the door again and said to the soldiers guarding the door: "The emperor is here, you can't be rude!"
The leader of one of the soldiers came over and said: "We can't be blamed for this, Marshal Hu Shahu ordered us to do this, how dare we disobey his orders? You can go to him and negotiate, it is useless to talk to us, we only know to obey orders, obey orders, and ask nothing else." β
Tu Danyi immediately said: "Then the emperor's order, don't you listen to it?"
The little leader immediately said: "Hu Shahu has already told me that he is not the emperor now, he has been deposed, and he is the emperor who has stepped down." β
Tu Danyi also said: "He shouldn't listen to what he says, how can Hu Shahu alone depose the emperor? The emperor is the emperor of all the people of the Dajin Kingdom, how can he Hu Shahu alone say that he will be abolished?"
At this moment, I suddenly heard someone say loudly: "That's not bad, this emperor was deposed by me alone, from now on, he will be Wanyan Yongji, and he will no longer be the emperor of the Dajin Kingdom." β
Tu Danyi and Wei Shao Wang Yongji looked at it, saw Hu Shahu's treacherous face, and entered the room as he spoke, looking at the two of them. Before Yongji could speak, Tu Danyi immediately asked: "How dare you Hu Shahu depose the emperor alone, this is up to the Manchu Dynasty Minister of Civil and Military Affairs." β
"I am the marshal of the prison state, I have the right to depose him, there is no need for the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to consult, those people are sycophants, including you Tu Danyi, you are not a right prime minister. β
Tu Danyi reminded him: "Hu Shahu, you have to calm down, this is a big deal." Throughout the ages, those who conspired to coup d'Γ©tat and usurped the throne were all rebellious sons and ministers hated by the people, and they were nailed to the pillar of shame in history one by one, leaving an infamy in history, aren't you afraid of being scolded by future generations?"
Hu Shahu laughed: "Don't talk nonsense here, I didn't think so far, I just thought about the present." β
Wei Shao Wang Yongji said: "Since I ascended the throne for four years, although I have not made much political achievements, but I have also dreamed of sleeping at night, working hard and diligently, especially to people who are always kind to others, never have the intention of harming others, let alone killing people, this time I came here, I just want to ......."
Hu Shahu hurriedly took over and said: "The purpose of your coming to the old barracks this time is to punish me, right? Your wishful thinking is wrong, and I tell you that I will abolish you." I am willing to cut off my body and dare to pull the emperor off the horse, I have made up my mind that I am not afraid of being killed and killed, and I must pull you off the emperor's throne. β
Wei Shao Wang Yongji also said: "In the past few years, I have not been bad for you, so many ministers have opinions about you, but I have always trusted you, and it can even be said that I have protected you, have you forgotten? As for this visit, there may be people who have sowed discord between our monarchs and ministers, and this is nothing, as long as we talk to each other, we can understand each other." β
At this time, Ke Hongwei hurriedly walked in with a wine jug in one hand and two wine glasses in the other, glanced at Hu Shahu, and stood there without leaving. Hu Shahu said to Wei Shao Wang Yongji: "No matter what, we are also a monarch and a minister, and I will send someone to send you on your way in a while." At parting, let's toast as a souvenir. β
When Wei Shao Wang Yongji heard this, he hurriedly asked: "You have to tell me where you want to send me first, and then I will drink it, otherwise I won't drink it." β
When Hu Shahu heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "Listen to what you say, where can I send you?" Tell you, send you back to Zhongdu, this should be relieved." β
At this time, Hu Shahu had already poured a glass of wine from Ke Hongwei and sent it to King Wei Shao, and then took the second glass of wine from King Ke Hongwei's hand, only to see him look at King Wei Shao who was hesitant, and laughed again, and then said: "What's the matter? I'm afraid that this wine is poisonous? Okay, let's change the glass, you should rest assured, right?"
After speaking, Hu Shahu took the glass of wine from Yongji's hand, and handed the wine glass in his hand to Yongji, then raised the wine glass and said, "I wish you ...... My past emperor had a smooth journey. β
After the two clinked glasses, Hu Shahu raised his head and drank it all, and King Wei Shao had to raise his cup and slowly drink it dry.
Hu Shahu pointed to the wine jug in Ke Hongwei's hand and said: "Since ancient times, when sending relatives and friends on the road, it is limited to three glasses, and the so-called three glasses of wine are sent to relatives. Let's have three toasts today, okay?"
Before Wei Shao Wang Yongji agreed, Hu Shahu had already stretched out his wine glass and asked Ke Hongwei to pour the wine. After the two touched three glasses of wine in a row, Hu Shahu threw the wine glass to Ke Hongwei, twisted his body, and walked out.
Although Tu Danyi was a brilliant person, he couldn't guess what Hu Shahu's intentions were for a while. When he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard Wei Shao Wang Yongji belching, and saw him holding his stomach with his hands and immediately squatting on the ground.