Let's say that after Murong Ling was urged by his subordinates more than a dozen times, he finally commanded the army to start attacking Chang'an City, and Tuyuhun's army cut down the trees on the periphery of Chang'an, built a lot of stone throwers and ladders, and requisitioned the people of various counties to form a team of 300,000 people to attack day and night.

Wang Tiezhu wanted to lead his troops out of the city to repel Murong Ling several times, but he was dissuaded by his subordinates, and the soldiers did not dare to go out of the city to fight the Tuyuhun army, so they had to stick to the city wall.

Lu Jinglian was very disappointed, the war that could have been avoided is now difficult to solve.

The morale in Chang'an City was declining day by day, and the Wei State no longer had the strength to send reinforcements, and the most elite troops were also brought over by Wang Tiezhu.

Day after day, throwing arrows and stones to carry corpses, or collecting arrows from haystacks, there was no hope for either side.

The people in the city didn't know how many days they could hold on, and the people outside the city didn't know how many days they could fight desperately.

In the early morning after a rainy day, the defenders of Chang'an were surprised to find that the Tuyuhun army besieging the city had disappeared.

The scouts sent out found that the Tuyuhun army had retreated westward with the people.

"There must be something inside Tuyuhun! Marshal Wang, Marshal He! At this moment, send troops to pursue and save the people, and we will win a great victory! Lu Jinglian said

Wang Tiezhu had just ordered his subordinates to reorganize their armies for battle, and He Wuji hurriedly dissuaded, "Beware of fraud!" It's better to send 3,000 men to pursue and test first, in case it is the enemy's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, we can also have a two-sided attack! ”

Wang Tiezhu hesitated for a while, "Then send Tian Xianzhi to chase after him and give him 5,000 men and horses!" ”

Tian Xianzhi took 5,000 people out of the city to chase for a while, and actually saved tens of thousands of people, and after returning to the city, Wang Tiezhu and Lu Jinglian regretted it.

The rest of the generals and officials were busy counting the military exploits to get to the imperial court, and the city of Chang'an was also celebrating with lanterns, as if the 300,000 people who had been taken captive had nothing to do with them.

The news of Tuyuhun's retreat reached Xiangyang, Liu Jian was also very disappointed, Cui Ju, who held high the banner of the Northern Expedition, had not crossed the river at this time, and Zhu Yaoshi had already freed his hands, and most of the next step would be to attack Xiangyang directly.

There is a way of blessing and unparalleled blessing, and disaster is not a single line. Liu Jian's troubles are not over yet.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! There's a mess! A little eunuch who had just entered the palace ran into Liu Jian's study in a panic

Qin Zhong glared and kicked the little eunuch over: "Are you tired of being live?" Such a gaffe in front of His Majesty! ”

Seeing that Qin Zhong had already made a move, Liu Jian naturally said casually: "Forget it!" Newcomers, don't scold at will! What's the mess, tell me about it"

The little eunuch was busy kowtowing and thanking him, and stammered: "Your Majesty, this, the slave doesn't dare to say it, it's better for Your Majesty to see it yourself!" ”

As he spoke, the little eunuch handed an edict to Liu Jian, Qin Zhong was taken aback, this little eunuch had never passed on a decree, how could there be an edict in his hand

But Liu Jian didn't speak, and Qin Zhong had no choice but to hold back.

Liu Jian took the edict and read it, and his face changed greatly: "Qin Zhong, come and see, is this Liu Jingxuan's matter true or false?" ”

Qin Zhong took the edict and looked at it, and shook his head: "It shouldn't be, the slave has been in the palace for decades, and I have never heard of a prince named Liu Jingxuan!" Someone must have faked it! ”

Liu Jian didn't dare to be careless: "Let's invite Zongzheng Liu Wenxin to take a look!" Gather important ministers to come to the meeting! ”

Liu Wenxin and a few eunuchs carried a few

The big box of clan genealogy books rushed over, and instructed all the way: "These boxes are the old man's life's work, but they can't be lost!" ”

Most of these large boxes of genealogy books were copied by Liu Wenxin in Luoyang Palace when he was young, and later after moving the capital to Jinling, he went to copy them every few years, so he was able to preserve the genealogy of the Liang Dynasty.

After everyone flipped through the pedigree together, they finally found out the origin of this Liu Jingxuan, Liu Jingxuan is the cousin of Emperor Ming, named the king of Jianyang County, because Emperor Ming was imprisoned that year, he was deprived of the title of county king, and his whereabouts are unknown.

Liu Jian suddenly felt that the unification of the world was far away, and shouted: "What can I do!" ”

Liu Wenxin immediately gave him a slap: "How can the Son of Heaven have a decadent image?" The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, no matter how hard it is, Your Majesty will persevere! If even Your Majesty has no confidence like this, then I might as well live in seclusion in the mountains and forests as soon as possible! ”

It is also a loss that Liu Wenxin is over eighty years old and is a patriarch of the clan, if others are afraid that they will be dragged down at this time.

Rao is like this, or scared the ministers a lot

"Lord Zongzheng, how dare you fight the Son of Heaven?"

"Presumptuous! My Zongzheng is the patriarch of the Son of Heaven of Daliang, the Son of Heaven does not want to be motivated, of course the old man wants to fight! ”

Liu Jian immediately stretched out his hand and signaled: "Don't make noise, everyone!" Now what we have to discuss is how to solve the problem at hand, Daliang can't have two emperors! ”

Liu Mingge got up and bowed: "Your Majesty, the minister has seen this Liu Jingxuan, but he was still young at that time, and the minister remembered that he had a mole on his back and a birthmark under his armpit. It's better to let the minister go to Jinling for a while, if it is fake, the minister will stab him to death with a sword, if it is true, the minister must persuade him to reform himself! ”

"Killing is not a way, killing one will come out again, a prince is not terrible, what is terrible is the force behind him!" Liu Jian said

"The minister also agrees with what His Majesty said, and there is Cui Ju's 130,000 army between Jinling and us, if we don't do it, Cui Ju will do it too!" Zhen Yuanhao also said his thoughts

"Indeed, we can borrow a knife to kill! It's better to directly issue an edict and let Cui Ju do this! Chen Zhengnan also began to echo

"No, this Liu Jingxuan is not good because Cui Ju colluded with the people in Jinling. Even if not, if Cui Ju defeats Jinling and supports Liu Jingxuan as a puppet, we will be passive at that time! He told Xiaoyu that this plan to kill people with a knife was not feasible, because the knife was not in his hands after all.

"Your Majesty is in a hurry, isn't Pharmacist Zhu in a hurry? Jiangnan rebelled, Zhu Yaoshi's Luoyang City will not be long before even the grain and grass will be cut off, he is more anxious than us! Xun Gongtai's words at this time reminded everyone

"Yes, we just need to wait for Pharmacist Zhu to go east to quell the rebellion and reap the benefits of the fishermen!" Huang Chuanting immediately agreed

"There is more than one fisherman, and people must have near-term worries if they have no foresight! You still have to know yourself and your opponent! Liu Mingge insisted on going to Jinling by himself

Liu Jian moved his finger twice, "Okay, I will send internal guards to Jinling to investigate, and Prime Minister Liu Cheng's disciples can also go together." When the situation changed abruptly, Prime Minister Liu Cheng still stayed by my side to assist me in my heart! ”

This Liu Jingxuan, who was proclaimed emperor in Jinling, was not Cui Ju's handiwork.

It was Sun Weihan who conspired with the officials of Jinling to support it, as for why they rebelled against Zhu Yaoshi, the reason is very simple, the existence of Zhu Yaoshi hindered them from making money.

When Pharmacist Zhu was in Jinling, he was strictly wary of merchants and large households, and even gathered with them

They were to be regulated, and every two years a portion of the land and money of the big families and merchants was to be levied and distributed to the poor.

Since Pharmacist Zhu blocked their financial path and cut off their hearts, then he didn't recognize Pharmacist Zhu as the emperor.

Zhong Yude, the guard general who guarded Jinling, became a loyal minister of Daliang after receiving dozens of carts of gold and silver cloth, and raised righteousness in Jinling.

Liu Jingxuan had also been hidden in the mansion by Sun Weihan for a long time, and at this time he was elected as their emperor, to be exact, a puppet.

Liu Jingxuan was also forty-three years old at this time, and when he was suddenly proclaimed emperor, his first reaction was to flee.

But where could he escape, he was forcibly carried to the throne of the Taiji Hall by Sun Weihan Zhong Yude and others.

"Now that there is a Son of Heaven, how can you set up another Son of Heaven? What's more, I am only a little virtuous, where am I qualified to be an emperor? Liu Jingxuan still refuses to be the emperor

"The emperor was killed by a knife and a gun, and there is only one true son of heaven, so you don't know that it's not you?" Danyang Taishou Wang Fen shouted loudly

"If Your Majesty refuses to ascend the throne, it will make me a traitor, and trapping me is tantamount to disloyalty and unfilial piety!" Sun Weihan threatened

Zhong Yude was a little impatient, and pressed Liu Jingxuan on the throne, "Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!" Ministers welcome His Majesty to the throne! ”

Everyone also shouted together, Liu Jingxuan lowered his head and said weakly, "No courtesy, flat body!" ”

Although Liu Jingxuan is a puppet emperor, his appearance is too similar to Emperor Ming, even if he speaks weakly, he actually has a bit of majesty.

Before the throne was hot, Sun Weihan and others asked Liu Jingxuan to issue an edict to surrender Cui Ju, Liu Jingxuan was still confused at this time, so he had to agree to whatever the ministers said.

Sun Weihan and others believed that as long as Cui Ju was co-opted, they would be able to compete with Zhu Yaoshi and Liu Jian, not to mention that under the temptation of restoring the privileges of large families and families and recovering the land and money that had been distributed to the poor, the remaining families in the world would face them.

After Pharmacist Zhu learned the news of Jiangnan's rebellion, he directly vomited blood, and this time he was drawn from the bottom of the kettle.

Zhu Yaoshi's first reaction was to recapture Jiangnan, and even Chang'an could give up, and immediately sent someone to urgently summon Wang Tiezhu, He Wuji and others back to Beijing.

Song Huafu reminded Pharmacist Zhu that Liu Jian and Cui Ju in the south were also eyeing him, and Pharmacist Zhu waved his hand, "It's a big deal, I don't even want Luoyang, Jinling and Jiangnan must be taken back!" ”

"Your Majesty, if you want to take Jiangnan, you must first hold the north and south of the Huai River! The top priority is to hold Huainan, and the second is to send an envoy to invite Liu Jian to send troops together! Jia Yuanen immediately gave two suggestions

"It's a pity that there is no one available in the Huainan area, so I can only wait for He Wuji to come back and send him!"

"The minister has found a candidate for His Majesty, this person is now in the Huaibei area, and there is no problem for this person to lead an army of 100,000 to run the north and south of the Huaihe River!" Imperial Doctor Jiang Heda immediately thought of the character Zhong Zhiming

Pharmacist Zhu waved his hand, "After all, Zhong Zhiming has not returned to the Great Wei until now, and if this person is appointed, I am afraid that the north and south of the Huai River will not be owned by the Great Wei!" ”

"Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, that Zhong Zhiming is now with Ling Yun, Ling Yun is loyal to His Majesty, with Ling Yun here, I am not afraid that Zhong Zhiming will not obey the orders of Great Wei!" Song Huafu also felt that Zhong Zhiming was available, so he thought of another idea

"I understood, and immediately summoned Ling Yun to Beijing as General Huwei, and appointed Zhong Zhiming as the envoy of the two Huai rivers, controlling the soldiers and horses of all counties and counties in the north and south of the Huai River, and when Wang Tiezhu's army arrived, the two roads of men and horses would recover Jinling together!"