Chapter 173: Wang Shichong 3

In fact, victory or defeat is just a thought, and Li Mi is lucky, just because Yu Wenhua made a stupid decision. For Li Mi, he basically completed the task sent to him www.biquge.info by Luoyang, the eastern capital, to eliminate Yu Wenhua, and after completing this task, he can enter the Luoyang auxiliary government in the next step. For a long time, Li Mi has always wanted to have a stable place to seek development, and now that he is about to become an auxiliary minister, Li Mi's heart is happy.

On the battlefield, Li Mi was rescued by Qin Qiong in a catastrophe, it seems that if he is immortal, there will be a blessing in the future, and there is really some truth in the sentence, but in fact, it is possible to die in a catastrophe, and it is not necessary to have a blessing.

Just when Li Mi dreamed of becoming an auxiliary minister like Huo Guang and Zhuge Liang, something happened to Luoyang, the eastern capital. This incident changed the fate of many people, and of course it also changed the fate of Li Mi, who had just begun his nightmare.

Wang Shichong launched a military coup d'état in Luoyang, killing Yuan Wendu and others, and firmly controlled the military and political power in his own hands. Wang Shichong has one of the biggest advantages, he is not stingy, as long as his subordinates have made meritorious contributions, they will be rewarded immediately, and every time they win a battle, they will attribute the credit to their subordinates, and it is strange that their subordinates do not sell their lives, which is the opposite of him and Li Mi.

And Wang Shichong also attaches great importance to talents, and once set up three signs outside his own mansion, which read: "One seeks literary talent and knowledge to help the affairs, one seeks martial arts to destroy the front, and the other seeks to justify the wrongs and support those who do not apply." ”

Civil ministers, military generals, plus the construction of the legal system, Wang Shichong definitely has a set of rules in governing the country. If he was in the Zhenguan period, he must have been an excellent prime minister, but now it is a troubled time, and Wang Shichong must think about his own survival.

This time he launched a military coup d'état, with the simple purpose of not allowing Li Mi to enter Luoyang. In response to Li Mi's problem, the eastern capital of Luoyang was divided into two factions, one was the officers headed by Wang Shichong, who advocated fighting Li Mi to the death, and would rather let Li Mi be killed than let Li Mi be scared to death. Wang Shichong said so and did so, and more than 60 battles before and after and Li Mi were basically half a catty and eight taels, and this faction was hawkish.

The other faction is the civil officials headed by Yuan Wendu, advocating against Li Mi, not necessarily having to fight and kill, you can adopt the policy of Huairou, the specific method is to make a wish to Li Fengguan, and then let Li Mi go to fight Yu Culture and, no matter who wins or loses, the strength will be damaged, if Li Mi wins, let him enter Luoyang, and then gradually divide and disintegrate the forces of Wagang, and eradicate them one by one.

This faction is called the doves, and although the methods of the two factions are different, the goal is the same, that is, to destroy Li Mi. The problem is that the doves have the upper hand because their opinions are shared by Yang Dong. But after Li Mi entered the eastern capital of Luoyang, did the doves really have the ability to bring down Li Mi? Or did they really want to bring down Li Mi? This question has always plagued the hawks headed by Wang Shichong.

Li Mi was able to eradicate Zhai Rang and seize the supreme leadership of the Wagang Army, and he was by no means an idle person. What Wang Shichong is most afraid of now is that after Li Mi enters Luoyang, the doves and Li Mi collude, after all, there is no essential conflict between the doves and Li Mi, whether Yang Tong is the emperor or Li Mi is the emperor, the interests of the doves will not be lost.

But the hawks are different, they and Li Mi have fought more than 60 battles, and both sides have killed each other in the dark, each of them wants to knock the other to the ground, and then step on 10,000 feet, which can be described as a deep hatred like the sea. If Li Mi really enters Luoyang and colludes with the doves, then the hawks will die and have no place to be buried.

So for the sake of insurance, Wang Shichong decided to launch a military coup d'état and control the military and political power in Luoyang in his own hands. Wang Shichong has this strength, because he has an army in his hands, and Xiucai meets soldiers, which is unreasonable.

Li Mi's dream was shattered, Luoyang is still the original Luoyang, and it is still a duel between Li Mi and Wang Shichong. The only difference is that the Wagang army is extremely tired, even if it is tired, it has to bite Wang Shichong to the death, because Li Mi understands that Luoyang is the only place where the Wagang army can stand on it, so Li Mi continues to besiege Luoyang, and Wang Shichong continues to defend it.

Of course, Wang Shichong didn't want to spend it with Li Mi, Li Mi's family had a big business, some were mules and horses, and Wang Shichong was just the opposite. At that time, a piece of rice in Luoyang City was sold for 80,000 or 90,000 yuan, and if it went on like this, it wouldn't be long before there should be children sold in the streets and alleys of Luoyang. Wang Shichong decided to find a favorable fighter to defeat the Wagang army in one fell swoop and remove the threat to Luoyang.

However, everyone understands the truth, but it is difficult to take real action, first of all, the problem of insufficient troops. The reason why Li Mi was able to fire and complete the Yu culture and afterward, and also had the ability to fire and Wang Shichong, relied on two words - there are many people. Wang Shichong's strength is only one-fifth of Li Mi's, and in terms of heads, it is equivalent to one person single-handedly picking up five people, and the end will definitely be tragic.

The most important thing is that for a long time, Wang Shichong has been surrounded and beaten by the Wagang army, and the brothers under him have formed a kind of conditioned reflex, as long as they hear the three words of the Wagang army, they will have a war-weary mood. The reason for this is because the Wagang army is too pestering, and they can't run away without running away, just like flies, circling around Wang Shichong all the time, making people upset. How to solve this problem, Wang Shichong really spent a lot of brains, and after thinking about it, Wang Shichong thought of a wonderful way to use the dead Duke Zhou to fool his soldiers.

The specific method is to let his subordinates lie that they dreamed of Zhou Gong, saying that Zhou Guild would help Wang Shichong defeat Li Mi, and if Wang Shichong did not fight Li Mi, his soldiers would be infected with the plague and all of them would die. These words are pure nonsense, Zhou Gong and his old man can't even find the ashes now, if he can help Wang Shichong, an idiot will believe it.

But Wang Shichong's soldiers did believe it, isn't it ridiculous? In fact, it is not ridiculous at all. Most of the soldiers under Wang Shichong came from the Huainan region, and the Huainan region has one of the biggest customs characteristics, and the witch style prevails.

In Huainan, wizards are a very popular profession, and of course they are also the most lucrative profession, because everyone believes that they are connected to heaven and earth, and of course to the dead. Wang Shichong made use of the psychological characteristics of Huainan soldiers and successfully directed a good show of using the dead to fool the living.

For soldiers, what they are most afraid of is that they will be infected with the plague, and they may die on the battlefield if they go to fight Li Mi, but if they don't fight Li Mi now, they will definitely be infected with the plague and die, so it is better to go out and fight with Li Mi, even if they die on the battlefield, they will still be considered a martyr at that time, and it is better than dying in Luoyang City with the plague.

Out of this consideration, the soldiers began to ask for battle, and Wang Shichong was naturally overjoyed when he saw such a scene. But he understood that it was necessary to play this scene of the dead fooling the living in a real and vivid manner, so Wang Shichong specially asked people to build a Zhou Gong Temple.

"Duke Zhou, I am worshiped by Wang Shichong, what your old man entrusted me with, I will do it now, I will never come back if I don't defeat Li Mi. ”

"Yes, if you don't defeat Li Mi, you won't come back!" In front of the statue of Zhou Gong, Wang Shichong and his soldiers fully expressed their determination, the oath was sonorous, the confidence was a hundred times, and the troops were dispatched immediately after the flickering.

After Wang Shichong defeated Li Mi, the emperor named Wang Shichong as the Taiwei Lieutenant, opened the Taiwei Mansion, and the affairs of the DPRK and China were decided in the Taiwei Mansion no matter how big or small, Wang Shichong posted three notices outside the official office: "One recruits civilian personnel with literary talents and knowledge enough to help deal with government affairs, one recruits martial personnel with outstanding martial arts and dares to charge into battle, and one recruits judicial personnel who are good at trying unjust cases and doubtful cases." ”

Since then, hundreds of people have been introduced in person to recommend or self-recommend in person, and Wang Shichong has personally assessed and hospitalized them. He loved to engage in small favors, from the top to the bottom to the ordinary soldiers of the army, he used exaggerated and beautiful words to lure, and the people of insight at that time saw his duplicity and concluded that he had two hearts.

Wang Shichong once ate the food he rewarded in front of the emperor, and went home and vomited, suspecting that it was caused by food poisoning. He sent Yun Dingxing and Duan Da to the emperor to ask for nine kinds of utensils, including clothes, Zhu Hu, Na Ma, chariots and horses, musical instruments, tiger ben, axes, bows and arrows, and straw mustaches, sending a signal to seize power. The emperor was forced to crown Wang Shichong as the prime minister, oversee hundreds of officials, and named him King Zheng, and gave him nine kinds of utensils.

There was a Taoist priest named Huan Fahei, who claimed to be good at interpreting divination books, and he presented the "Confucius Closed Room", which showed a man holding a bamboo pole to drive sheep, and explained: "In the Sui Dynasty, the emperor's surname was Yang, and Ganyi was a king together. The king is behind the sheep, indicating that Xiangguo will replace the Sui Dynasty as emperor. ”

Then he took out the two articles of "Zhuangzi on Earth" and "De Chong Fu" and presented them to Wang Shichong, explaining: "The first part talks about the world, and the next part talks about the full, this is the name of Xiangguo, which indicates that you should be kind all over the world and obey the fate of the Son of Heaven." ”

Wang Shichong said very happily: "This is the will of God." ”

After bowing twice, he took over the diagram and immediately appointed Huan Fahei as the counselor. Wang Shichong also caught all kinds of birds and birds, tied the silk with the so-called talismans written on their necks, and released them one by one, and those who came to offer such birds and birds were also awarded official titles.

Duan Da, Yun Dingxing and others sent these talismans into the palace to show the emperor and said: "The mandate of heaven is not a trivial matter in the mortal world, King Zheng's merits are very high, please give up the throne and follow the example of Tang Yao and Yu Shun." ”

The Emperor said angrily: "This world is the world of Gaozu, if the qi of the Sui Dynasty has not been exhausted, this kind of thing should not be said, if the will of heaven wants to change the dynasty, then what kind of Zen is not to be talked about? You are all the old ministers of the first emperor, suddenly said such a thing, I am really disappointed." "There is no one in Duan Da and the others who does not shed tears.

Wang Shichong sent someone to Yang Tong again: "Now that the country has not been pacified, there must be an elderly monarch, and when the world is peaceful, restore you, the holy emperor, and you must abide by the previous covenant and never violate it." ”

Wang Shichong pretended to be the emperor and issued an edict to give up the throne of the Sui Dynasty to Wang Shichong, abolished the emperor and the emperor, usurped the throne as the emperor, the founding year was enlightened, the country name was Zheng, and the Dafeng clan was the king. Whenever Wang Shichong accepted the courtiers to deal with government affairs, he had to give affectionate and sincere advice, and the language was repetitive, and all the officials in the court who served him were exhausted by his frequent dispatches.

He sometimes took a few entourages to inspect the main thoroughfares, and did not arrange a guard to prohibit pedestrians, but the people only let them give way, tightened the reins of their horses and walked slowly, and said to the people: "In the past, the emperor sat high in the court, and the situation of the people could not be understood thoroughly. I, Wang Shichong, am not greedy for the throne, the fundamental purpose is to save the difficult situation, I should now be like a state assassin, everything must be handled personally, and I should comment on the gains and losses of the government with the people of Limin. Worried that the ban on the palace gate is restricted, everyone's opinions will not be transmitted, and now they are setting up seats outside the Suncheon Gate to handle government affairs. ”

Wang Shichong ordered the lawsuit to be accepted in the West Dynasty and to listen to criticism and suggestions in the East Dynasty. So he submitted letters to state his opinions, and there were hundreds of people every day, and the letters were already very cumbersome, and it was rare to think about them thoroughly, and after a few days he would not leave the palace again.

Wang Shichong's Ministry of Rites Shangshu Pei Renji and his sons Zuo Fu General Pei Xingyan, Shangshu Zuo Chengyu Wen Rutong and dozens of others discussed to kill Wang Shichong and once again proclaim Yang Dong as emperor. The matter was revealed, and all of them were killed, and their three tribes were exterminated.

Wang Shichong sent people to kill the emperor and gave him the title of Emperor Gong, and Luo Shixin, the general of the emperor and the lord, led more than 1,000 soldiers to surrender. Wang Shichong led his men and horses to the east to capture the land, hit Huazhou, and then led his troops to Liyang. Dou Jiande invaded Wang Shichong's Yinzhou, slaughtered and robbed the local residents, and burned Wang Shichong's granary as revenge for the defeat in the battle of Liyang.