Chapter 332 Cutting the Weeds and Eradicating the Roots
After Hu Luguang was killed by Liu Taozhi, Gao Wei immediately issued an edict prepared in advance, announcing it to the world, saying that because Hu Luguang controlled the Qi army, he had no fear, bullied the king, and was ambitious! Now he is carrying a sword into the palace to assassinate His Majesty, trying to rebel, fortunately Gao Wei is the true dragon son of heaven, with the protection of God, he was able to detect Hu Luguang's plot in advance, and then take him down in one fell swoop, and now Hu Luguang has been punished!
The commander of the Qi army, Prime Minister Zuo, the father of the empress, and His Majesty's father-in-law, Hu Luguang, was suddenly killed by Emperor Gao Wei The news spread throughout Yecheng in an instant!
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the entire Yecheng was shocked! Almost everyone couldn't believe that Emperor Gao Wei actually killed Hu Luguang, the commander of the army who was still leading his troops to defeat the Zhou State half a year ago and made great achievements, and used the lame reason of trying to rebel!
If Hu Luguang wanted to rebel, he would have led tens of thousands of troops to the outskirts of Yecheng to attack the city directly, why did he have to wait until now when he disbanded all the troops to rebel? And to enter the palace alone to assassinate the emperor, is this too stupid? As a brave and resourceful general on the battlefield and victorious in many battles, it is obviously very unreasonable to do such a stupid thing that is doomed to failure, so there is only one truth, that is, this so-called conspiracy to rebel is just a reason that Emperor Gao Wei found at will after killing Hu Luguang for himself!
As a result, the ministers of the Qi court all ran into the palace one after another, and asked Gao Wei emotionally why he killed the pillar of the Qi country, the high-ranking and powerful Hu Luguang, so suddenly!
Faced with the questioning of the ministers, the cowardly Gao Wei could only insist that Hu Luguang entered the palace today to assassinate him, so he ordered Hu Luguang to be executed! But in order to appease these grief-stricken and emotional ministers, Gao Wei had to agree to them, because Hu Luguang entered the palace alone to assassinate the emperor, and now that he has subdued the law, he will no longer hold the rest of the Hu family responsible, which made the passionate ministers a little calmer!
But after night, the ministers have been driven out of the palace by Gao Wei, and Mu Tipo has already led the forbidden army to protect the palace, so Gao Wei issued an edict again, to kill all the Hu Luguang family, and behead all the doors, leaving no trouble!
Because when those excited ministers left the palace, Zu Yan and Mu Ti Po continued to instigate Gao Wei that since Hu Luguang had been killed, he must insist that Hu Luguang was plotting to rebel, and he must not leave any troubles! So now that Hu Luguang is dead, take advantage of the situation to eradicate the rest of the Hu family who still hold great power, otherwise these remnants of the Hu family may rebel in order to take revenge, which is not good for the court! You must know that now Hu Luguang's younger brother Hu Luxian is still leading tens of thousands of elite troops on the northern border to guard the frontier and resist the Turks, and Hu Luguang's own son Hu Luwu is also the assassin of Liangzhou, and there are thousands of local troops under his command, if you don't take the opportunity to cut the grass and eradicate the roots now, in case these people unite and send troops to attack Yecheng, to avenge Hu Luguang, with the Hu family is a family of generals, all of them are generals who can fight well, and the mourning soldiers will win, then Yecheng will be dangerous!
Therefore, after killing Hu Luguang, Gao Wei, who had completely lost his square inch, immediately issued another edict to execute all the Hu family!
Early the next morning, Gao Wei sent a messenger with a secret edict to Liangzhou, and then when he read the holy decree to Hu Luwudu, he was executed on the spot and retracted the post of assassin of Liangzhou.
Then he sent the commander of the leading army in the middle of the army, He Ba Fuen, to lead a team of more than ten people, rode a fast horse and quickly set off to the north to capture Hu Luxian, and in order to prevent Hu Luxian from resisting the border army led by Hu Luxian when he was captured, he asked the general Xian Yu Taozhi to recruit a cavalry from Dingzhou, and formed a large number of troops to rush to Youzhou City, and also let Luozhou Xingtai Servant shoot Dugu Yongye together, and after Hu Luxian was executed, let Dugu Yongye replace him as the commander of the border army, in order to stabilize the morale of the army! Odd book e-book
When He Bavoen and others led a group of soldiers and horses to Youzhou City, the people guarding the city gate saw this dusty army with murderous faces, and felt that they were not good at coming, so they persuaded Hu Luxian bitterly and said: "These people who rushed to Youzhou City, all of them are wearing armor under their coats, and there is sweat on the horses, it can be seen that they rushed to Youzhou City, I have heard a ballad in Yecheng that spread a rumor about General Hu's rebellion, and now this army of soldiers and horses is coming from Yecheng for no reason, it must be unfavorable to you, General!" So we should keep the gates closed and not let them in! ”
Hu Luxian said with a wry smile: "Having said that, as a minister, and our Hu family has been loyal to Daqi for generations, even if he is in an important position and holds great power, he will not have dissent to His Majesty!" So how can I doubt these messengers sent by His Majesty? And we want to keep them out of the city, doesn't this give those people in Yecheng a reason, thinking that we just no longer obey Your Majesty's orders, and we really want to plot against you? Alas, the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die! Now even if Your Majesty wants to kill me, I can't go against Your Majesty's holy decree, and I can't bear the infamy of a chaotic minister and thief, and tarnish the reputation of our Hu family's loyal martyrs for generations! ”
So, Hu Luxian, who had a tragic face, sorted out his military uniform, then calmly opened the city gate, and then took his five sons, and then went out of the city to meet the soldiers and horses who came from Yecheng to send him on the road!
He Ba Fuen, who was the leader, finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Hu Luxian coming alone, thinking that it seems that this Hu Luxian is still very loyal to the imperial court, even if His Majesty wants to execute all their Hu family now, he actually did not resist with troops, but instead brought his five sons to come and capture them and die generously!
So he immediately held up Gao Wei's holy decree and said loudly: "At the behest of Your Majesty, the Hu family is disgraced and intends to rebel, so immediately take down Hu Luxian, remove him from his military position, and behead him on the spot!" ”
After speaking, he ordered his subordinates to rush over and catch Hu Luxian's father and son, take off their battle robes and armor, and then tie them up and take them to the execution ground to be beheaded immediately!
When he was about to be executed, Hu Luxian looked at Heba Fuen and asked with tears streaming down his face: "My brother, is he really going to assassinate His Majesty?" Has he already been executed by His Majesty? ”
He didn't answer, but nodded expressionlessly.
Hu Luxian shook his head and sighed and said: "Our Hu family is so rich, everyone holds great power, the status is prominent, the daughter is the queen, the daughter-in-law is a princess, and three hundred soldiers can be mobilized at will on weekdays, so powerful, how can it not arouse the jealousy of others, the jealousy of Your Majesty, how can our Hu family be invincible!" ”
After speaking, Hu Luxian and his five sons Hu Lu Fuhu, Hu Lu Shida, Hu Lu Shiqian, Hu Lu Shibian, and Hu Lu Shi Chief were all beheaded and executed.
As a result, the Hu family, which was once a powerful and prominent family in the Qi State, was completely wiped out by Gao Wei within a few days!