On the seventh day of December in the third year of the Holy Han Empire, the pillar of the empire, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, Yipindushan Boye Xiangdong died of illness in Liangheling at the age of seventy-one. Du Shanbo's life was loyal to the empire and the Xuanyuan family, although he also had the opportunity to change the dynasty and call the emperor emperor, but he did not do so, but chose to support the Great German Emperor. He didn't do anything to be sorry for the empire, enough to be worthy of the word loyalty.

Zhang Xiaowu held a state funeral for Dushanbo in Datong Mansion, and the news quickly spread to Longdu, but at this time, Longdu was also bleeding.

Just after Zhang Xiaowu led 120,000 troops and all his henchmen to the north for reinforcements, Wei Yuan, the lieutenant general of the Imperial Forest Army, immediately led his troops to kill the former car general Min Bachi and the bus general Jing Cong, and then took control of the Imperial Forest Army to welcome the restoration of the throne by Emperor Dade.

When Emperor Dade spoke again, the ministers of the hundred officials who had been waiting for him for a year wailed and cried, long live the mountain, and Emperor Dade successfully regained the support of the hundred officials. At the top of the dynasty, Emperor Dade ordered the execution of the imperial envoy Lü Baiting, the right Xiangduan, the military department Shangshu Shi Yong, the household department Shangshu Shi Chong, and the Longdu Prefecture Yin Suyu. He ordered the appointment and restoration of Gu Yong and Li Cunyi's official positions, and promoted Gu Yong to the right minister, and promoted Li Cunyi to the guard general of Longdu Mansion.

When Gu Yong and Li Cunyi walked into the main hall, everyone understood that this was a long-planned conspiracy, some time ago, the center ordered Zhang Xiaowu to extinguish a rebellion, everyone thought that it was Dushanbo who was fighting for power, and now everyone finally realized that it was not Dushanbo who was fighting for power, but Emperor Dade was setting up a situation.

But why did Emperor Dade set up a bureau? Is he testing everyone's loyalty?

Emperor Dade looked at the hundred officials and said in a deep voice: "From now on, I will personally lead the government and ban the central government institutions, and there will be no more central orders from now on. ”

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Baiguan shouted again.

The rhythm of Emperor Dade's return to power was very good, and the plan went very smoothly, thanks to Zhang Xiaowu's great trust in Wei Yuan, leaving Wei Yuan in charge of the Imperial Forest Army, and also benefiting from Emperor Dade's performance, which always deceived Zhang Xiaowu. Zhang Xiaowu is not a god, but Emperor Dade is a nervous patient, he can be stupid for a year to kill Zhang Xiaojun, such a level of patience far exceeds anyone else.

"Silver guards, not a single one will be left." Emperor Dade ordered, "Li Cunyi, the silver guard will be handed over to you, you know that none of them are loyal to me, and they have long regarded Zhang Xiaowu as their master in their hearts." Those who do not respect the imperial power and are not loyal to the emperor must be killed! ”

That night, Li Cunyi immediately led his troops to break into the Yamen of the Silver Guards, and the Silver Guards only listened to Zhang Xiaowu's orders, and they immediately took out their weapons to resist. Li Cunyi knew that he could not persuade them, so he ordered a strong attack, and the silver-clothed guards were all old and weak servants and servants, where were their opponents, only one night, all the 239 silver-clothed guards were killed, and none of them survived.

At the same time, Gu Yong personally supervised the case of Lu Baiting, Xiang Duan, Shi Yong, and Shi Chong's rebellion, and sealed his family's property, but then he received an order from the palace to order Gu Yong to kill Lu Baiting, Xiang Duan, Shi Yong, and Shi Chong! Gu Yong was taken aback, he hurriedly returned to the palace to dissuade Emperor Dade, and after Emperor Dade heard what he said, he smiled faintly and said, "Well, that's it, do what you want, I'm tired." ”

"Your Majesty, the four families are exemplary scholars, and Your Majesty still needs to win over the scholars." Gu Yong said, seeing that the emperor was tired, he hurriedly retired and returned to the inspection institute.

However, as soon as he arrived at the Supervision Yuan, Gu Yong learned that the Supervision Yuan had strangled more than 300 family members of Lu Baiting, Xiang Duan, Shi Yong, and Shi Chong to death in accordance with the emperor's requirements. Gu Yong was furious, and questioned Qi Yi, the director of the Supervision Yuan, and asked, "Why didn't you listen to my orders and execute them without authorization?" Do you know that these four people are all from a family, and their execution will cause strong dissatisfaction among the scholars, and eventually lead to a shock in the country! You deserve to die, you deserve to die, you are responsible for their deaths, you are responsible for the Empire! Bastard, come on, arrest Master Qi for me! ”

Qi Yi said with a bitter smile: "Lord Central Order, how can I have the courage to execute them, it is Your Majesty's secret request." ”

Gu Yong was so angry that he returned to the palace with the secret decree to question Emperor Dade, but Emperor Dade avoided it on the pretext that he needed to rest, Gu Yong waited for him for an hour, and Emperor Dade saw him, and then saw the secret decree, pretending to be surprised: "This Qi Yi dares to be overbearing, it is really an unforgivable crime, and he will be imprisoned." ”

Gu Yong suddenly understood that Emperor Dade wanted to eradicate all traces of Zhang Xiaowu, but this Qi Yi was an old minister of the Zhang Party, and Emperor Dade even had to sacrifice him, which was really ruthless. A sense of frustration arose in his heart, how did Emperor Dade become such a sinister, cunning and ruthless emperor? He can even sacrifice Lord Qi, who else can he keep?

Qi Yi also felt wronged, the people who had just ordered the strangulation of the four families turned his head and became a prisoner when he turned his head, the person who received the holy decree to carry out the secret order, which was really ironic.

Gu Yong left the palace and found Li Cunyi, complaining to him about His Majesty's secret order to kill the four families, but learned from Li Cunyi's mouth that his younger brother Li Cunyuan had led troops to surround the Hejian Marquis Mansion and invited Zhang Xiaowu's family to the Imperial Hospital.

"What?" Gu Yong's scalp was numb, and he said angrily: "Is Li Cunyuan crazy? How dare he attack Zhang Xiaowu's family? Is the emperor going to force Zhang Xiaowu to oppose him? He's crazy, are you crazy too? Is your brother crazy too? ”

Li Cunyi said: "Master Gu, you misunderstood, the emperor asked Cunyuan not to hurt a single hair of the Zhang family, and let them rest in the Tai Hospital—just house arrest." ”

Gu Yong was still angry, and said angrily: "Who does he think he is? He thought he could alone be worth thousands of troops? He thought he could drive away Inuyi? It's over, it's over, it's over! The empire is coming to an end! ”

Li Cunyi said: "No, Your Majesty has already considered it. ”

What did he consider? Thinking about killing? Gu Yong said angrily, "He has thought about it, how could he bypass my order and directly order the killing of the four families of Lu, Xiang, Shi, and Shi?" ”

When the two were fighting, Li Cunyuan came to the Hejian Marquis's Mansion. Although the soldiers surrounded the Hejian Hou Mansion, no one dared to show their blades, and even the subordinates of the Hejian Hou Mansion were even more proud than the soldiers. No one dared to break into the Hejian Hou Mansion, they all knew what kind of person Zhang Xiaowu was, and they knew that they were just a small grass seed in this stormy meeting, so everyone looked at Li Cunyuan.

Li Cunyuan sighed, stepped forward with a wry smile and said, "Hejian Hou family, please follow me to the imperial city, and the rest of the people will stay in the mansion, and they will not be allowed to go out unless it is ordered by the emperor." Ladies and gentlemen in the Hejian Mansion, give you half an hour to give orders, I won't embarrass you, and you won't embarrass me. ”