Chapter 900: Coup d'état liquidation
Although Hun Yang retained 500 personal soldiers, but according to the regulations, his 500 personal soldiers could not enter the city, can only be stationed outside the city, since Hun Yang participated in the gathering of six people last night, Hun Ying was ready, he moved out of the city early the next morning, and lived with his 500 personal soldiers, on the one hand, he was to prevent anyone from betraying them, on the other hand, he was also ready to attack at any time.
Hun Ying's military camp is a small military camp, located in the south of the city three miles, covering an area of 100 acres, up to 3,000 troops, here is the Chengdu militia station, but the militia has long been disbanded, the military camp was taken over by Hun Yang to station his own soldiers.
Although Hun Xuan was set aside, he was the Jiannan Jiedu envoy after all, and according to the usual practice, the Jiedu envoy level could have five hundred personal soldiers, so his five hundred personal soldiers were legally owned, and their various expenses were borne by the imperial court.
At the third watch of the night, a 5,000-strong Shence army quietly arrived and surrounded the military camp.
"Kill it!" Zhang Tong, the general of the Shence Army, gave the order to attack.
Three torches were thrown high and signaled the attack to the Shence army in three directions.
Five thousand soldiers of the Shence Army suddenly entered the barracks, and the Shence Army came too suddenly, without any warning, and the sleeping soldiers of the Hun Xuan were caught off guard and were killed screaming.
Hun Xuan hadn't fallen asleep at this time, and was sitting under the lamp looking at the "Tianxia Xinbao" sent in the afternoon.
At this time, he suddenly heard the shouts and screams, Hun Xuan's heart was stunned, he immediately stood up and walked to the tent door, opened the tent curtain and looked out, only to see countless soldiers killing from all directions.
Dozens of armor-clad Shence soldiers were rushing towards his big tent, Hun Yang was taken aback, he turned around and ran a few steps, grabbed the sword on the desk, at this moment, the big tent was cut, and more than a dozen Shence soldiers rushed in with short spears in their hands.
Hun Yang raised his sword and pierced the chest of one of the soldiers in front, but the sword was stuck in the opponent's body, Hun Yang threw down his sword, grabbed the opponent's spear, and wielded the spear to kill three people in a row.
He fought and retreated, and rushed out of the tent, only to find himself surrounded, surrounded by at least hundreds of soldiers.
Hun Xuan roared, brandished his spear and killed in the northwest direction, he was strong in martial arts, the other party couldn't stop him, and he killed more than a dozen people in a row.
Suddenly, Hun Xuan's thigh was in sharp pain, he was shot by a cold arrow, his right leg could not be supported, kneeling down on one knee, at this moment, hundreds of archers fired arrows together, Hun Xuan could not dodge, even hit more than 70 arrows, poor generation of famous generals, did not die on the battlefield, but died tragically under the arrows of their own people.
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In the city of Chengdu, the mansion of Prime Minister Zhang Yansheng was also surrounded by more than 1,000 soldiers, dozens of Zuoyintai warriors climbed over the wall to open the gate, and hundreds of soldiers rushed in.
In the study, Zhang Yansheng threw letters into the incense burner, and at the same time put the oath of the six people into the incense burner, watching the flames gradually engulf the jute paper.
There was a rush of footsteps, and the butler shouted in the courtyard, "Sir, many soldiers have come in." ”
"I see, go ahead!"
Zhang Yanxian's heart is very calm, his concubine and his son Zhang Tan followed his nephew Zhang Yu's family to Chang'an before dawn today, and his life savings are also stored in Chang'an Baoyuan Cabinet Workshop, he has no worries.
At this time, there was a scream outside, and his old butler was assassinated by the samurai of Zuoyintai.
Death is coming, it's time for him to hit the road, Zhang Yansheng sighed lowly, slowly stood up and came to the bookcase, he took out a small porcelain bottle from a jade box, the porcelain bottle was bright red as blood, he opened the lid and stared at the green liquor in the bottle,
At this time, the study was slammed open, and five or six black-clothed warriors rushed in, led by the black-clothed warriors, and said sharply: "Zhang Xiangguo, the privy envoy has ordered you to go see him immediately!" ”
It turned out that Ju Wenzhen had won, Zhang Yansheng sneered, "I am a dignified Tang Xiangguo, do you think I will go and grovel to a eunuch?" ”
He tilted his head and drank the green liquor from the porcelain bottle in his hand, 'Bang! He threw away the vase and sat down calmly at his desk, and in a few moments his body slowly curled up into a ball.
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The sky was not yet bright, and the lights were bright in front of the Xuanyang Hall where the Privy Council was located, and Ju Wenzhen was sitting on Song Chaofeng's wide brocade chair, and there was a tiger skin on the chair.
There is a group of officials standing under him, and the first few people are the ministers of the political affairs hall, except for the right minister Zhang Yansheng did not come, the left minister Cui Zao, the household servant Lang Ban Hong, the right servant of the Shangshu and the secretary of the Ministry of Officials Li Shudu, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Rites and the waiter Qiao Xiu and other four people have already arrived.
Among them, Li Shudu and Qiao Xiu are Huo Xianming and Dou Wenchang's people, respectively, and Ban Hong is Song Chaofeng's people, but an hour ago, Ban Hong had changed to Ju Wenzhen and expressed his allegiance to him.
At this time, Li Huang, the commander of Zuo Yintai, hurriedly came and whispered a few words in Ju Wenzhen's ear, and Ju Wenzhen was stunned, "Committed suicide by taking poison?" ”
He then sneered and said, "That's really cheap for him!" ”
Ju Wenzhen immediately said to Cui Zao: "From now on, you are temporarily the right minister, and I will report to the Queen Mother to make a formal decree." ”
Hearing that Zhang Yansheng committed suicide by taking poison, Cui Zao was really frightened, if he hadn't confessed to Ju Wenzhen about Juyi, I'm afraid Zhang Yansheng would not have died.
Cui Zao didn't have any apologies for Zhang Yansheng, on the contrary, he was dissatisfied with Zhang Yansheng who had been pressing him for so many years, and he was afraid that the world would know that he had betrayed his colleagues, and his reputation would be completely ruined.
But Cui Zao had no choice at this time, he bowed down tremblingly and said: "The humble post will definitely fulfill the duties of the right minister!" ”
Although he had tried to avoid servile words, his respectful attitude was secretly despised by many officials.
Cui Zao became the right minister, and the left minister needed someone to replace him, Ju Wenzhen had already made arrangements, and he immediately asked: "Where is Yang Shaoqing?" ”
One person came out of the ranks of officials, this person is Yang Ming, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, he was the Liangzhou Assassin of Hanzhong before, after Guo Song succeeded in the sneak attack on Hanzhong, he and Wang Ai of Changshi were released back to Chengdu, he was Ju Wenzhen's person, and he served as Shaoqing of Dali Temple under the arrangement of Ju Wenzhen.
"Yang Shaoqing, from now on, you will temporarily serve as the left prime minister, and I will ask the Queen Mother to officially appoint the required qualifications."
From the Shaoqing of Wupin Dali Temple to the left minister, it can be said that one step to the sky, many ministers around him showed envy, Yang Ming was very excited in his heart, and said in a choked voice: "The grace of the public knows the encounter, and the humble duty is remembered in my heart!" ”
An internal struggle of the eunuch group caused by Song Chaofeng's illness finally broke out, and the last laugh was Ju Wenzhen, Huo Xianming, and Dou Wenchang, which was also a bloody political struggle, and the civil official group also suffered heavy losses, Zhang Yansheng committed suicide, Hun Yang was killed, Dong Jin, the secretary of the household department, Lu Zhen, the secretary of the criminal department, and Guo Shu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, were dismissed and dismissed, and exiled to Banzhou.
Fortunately for the Honglu Temple, Zhang Yu, he escaped from Chengdu with his mother-in-law, wife and children, as well as Zhang Yansheng's youngest son Zhang Yanxian, and took refuge in Chang'an.
But the internal struggle of the Chengdu eunuch group did not end, and the next thing was the cruel liquidation of interests, those families who relied on Song Chaofeng, the fifth Shouliang, Jiao Hope, Zhang Shang and others to make a fortune began to be exiled by one family, and Chengdu and Bashu were suddenly mourned everywhere.
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Chang'an, "Chang'an Express" and "Tianxia Xinbao" almost the same day published the Southern Tang Dynasty eunuch group infighting, but the two sides reported from different angles, "Chang'an Express" was published on the front page as a one-sentence news, "Song Chaofeng died of illness, Ju Wenzhen came to power", its readers did not like this kind of political news, so "Chang'an Express" did not report in detail.
However, the "Tianxia Xinbao" wrote a detailed feature on this incident, and devoted an entire page to analyzing and reporting on this incident, and its readers paid more attention to this major political event.
Even Guo Song, the king of Jin, only learned the details through the newspaper.
Of course, Guo Song had his own intelligence system, and on the evening of the second day after the incident broke out, Guo Song received an eagle letter from Chengdu and knew that there had been an infighting among the eunuch group.
In the official room, Guo Song was discussing what happened in Chengdu with Du You and Wen Ji, both of them came from Chengdu and had a deep understanding of the situation there.
Du You smiled and said: "I have dealt with this Ju Wenzhen, this person is very scheming, and ruthless, I suspect that the death of Song Chaofeng this time is not so simple." ”
"How so?" Guo Song asked with a smile.
"In fact, some clues can be seen from the newspaper, if Ju Wenzhen is really Song Chaofeng's heir, he should not liquidate Song Chaofeng's fake sons and grandsons on a large scale, and Huo Xianming and Dou Wenchang have also received a lot of benefits, which shows that there is a secret agreement between them and Ju Wenzhen."
"Do you mean that Song Chaofeng did not die of illness, but was killed by Ju Wenzhen?"
Du You nodded, "I think only by explaining it in this way can many things make sense in the future, as for the fifth Shouliang and the others, they are insignificant at all, and Song Chaofeng is the one who Ju Wenzhen wants to kill." ”
Guo Song took a few steps and said: "Actually, it makes no difference to us which eunuch is in power, I am more concerned about Dong Jin, Lu Zhen and Guo Shu, I want to rescue them back to Chang'an for my use!" ”