Chapter 189: Dragon Capital Chaos (1)
Ruan Qingwen was naturally concerned about the fate of the princelings after the chaos in Longdu, speaking of which, although he was protected by the people of Mucheng, if the prince of the prison country severely punished the remaining princelings, he would not be able to escape the involvement, and even had to change his name and surname to hide in other points. He couldn't help asking, "What about the remnants of those who abolished the prince?" What happens to them after the defeat? ”
Imperial Envoy Ji said with drunken eyes: "The death penalty for natural death is punished, and Longcheng has arrested more than 50,000 people." However, the prince of the prison country was benevolent and righteous, and did not want to kill rashly, and tens of thousands of people had already suffered when the Longdu rebellion broke out, and he did not want to see too many people killed, so he only ordered hundreds of rebels and rioters to be beheaded for public display. Among them, there are not only princelings who are rebels, but also some robbers and gangsters who take advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos, and less than half of the princelings are in charge. He laughed and said: "Rubbing bait thief, at this time of national disaster, he is a chaotic Beijing master, he really deserves to be killed!" ”
"The princeling's rebel?" Zhang Xiaowu said with emotion: "The prince of the prison country is really benevolent. ”
Imperial Envoy Ji nodded and said: "This time only the head of the rebellion, and next year there will be an amnesty for the world, the Holy Han Empire has finally ushered in a benevolent monarch, and the sky treats the people of Li well, which is also a blessing for us." ”
Ruan Qingwen asked: "Imperial Envoy Ji, ask again, who is this rebel capital?" Chi Wen, the head of the household department, Yuan Qi, the leader of the silver guard, or is he alone? ”
Ji Yu's envoy said: "The people in the prince's mansion will naturally be punished, in addition to the family will be punished, the prince's family will be demoted to the common people, and the crown princess Chi Guifei will also hang herself." The whole family of Chi Shangshu was beheaded, and the Hengtong Money Village of the Chi family was collected as the state treasury. The one who started the mutiny was Chi Shangshu, and he was also to blame. As for the Gu family, it was not affected, the Gu family was very thief, and the door was closed during the mutiny and did not contact outsiders. Therefore, the Gu family was not punished, and the Gu family was smart. ”
Ruan Qingwen put his mind at ease, since the Gu family has not been punished at the moment, it will be investigated in the future, and the Gu family will not die for their crimes.
Imperial Envoy Ji raised his glass and said, "Drink again!" As soon as everyone raised their glasses, they saw him lying on the kang with a thud and falling asleep. Everyone looked at each other, looked at each other and smiled, put down their glasses and smiled bitterly.
Not only did there be a great chaos in Longdu, but the sky changed, and the three of them were fortunate to be able to learn about such a chaotic Longdu, such a court of civil strife. In order to compete for the throne, the princes killed each other, and there was still time to take care of Saibei.
"Sure enough, it's still the fifth prince." Zhang Xiaowu said, "In the future, this court will be the world of Zhang Dang and Dushanbo, but I don't know if Zhang Dang listens to Dushanbo, or Dushanbo listens to Zhang's party?" ”
Ruan Qingwen said indignantly: "Dushan Bo is confused, how can he set up five princes, if he sets up four princes as the prison country, glory and wealth are not a problem, but he can set up the five princes as the prison country, after he dies of old age in the future, Du Shan Bo is a family, I am afraid that as long as he is destroyed." ”
When Zhang Xiaowu heard this, he chuckled in his heart.
There are only two ends for martial artists to be involved in politics, either to change the dynasty, or to be exterminated, this Dushan Bo is an old fox, shouldn't he be so careless? Does he have any other plans? Thinking of this, he felt that it was extremely correct to take away 700,000 taels of silver in advance, whether it was a rebellion in the Central Plains or a trip south to Inuyi in the future, at least 700,000 taels of silver would be in hand, and they would enjoy wealth wherever they went.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaowu looked at Ruan Qingwen's eyes very gently, Hu Sanwan pulled his sleeve, and said in a low voice: "My lord, if you have a need, I will help you find a few prostitutes, what do you think of staring at Ruan Sima?" ”
"......" Zhang Xiaowu was furious, "Your sister! ”
Hu Sanwan said: "My sister is in her hometown." ”
Zhang Xiaowu almost spurted out a mouthful of blood, this kid is too annoying.
Imperial Envoy Ji has been hiding at home to avoid trouble during the chaos in the Dragon Capital, and all he knows is hearsay, which is half-true and incomplete.
On October 12 of the 29th year of Taiqian, the crown prince was defeated, and the Qinglong Army was almost wiped out, and Emperor Taiqian was so angry that he vomited blood and fell into a coma. Before Emperor Taiqian fell into a coma, he personally passed on the edict of the palace eunuch and deposed the crown prince Xuanyuan Zixun.
On October 16, Emperor Taiqian died.
Although Emperor Taiqian deposed the crown prince of Xuanyuan Zixun before his death, he did not leave an edict to establish a new prince, and the palace eunuch immediately informed the imperial concubine of the news. The imperial concubine naturally wanted to support her son as the emperor, so she summoned her father to the palace. Zhang Kuan entered the palace overnight, told the imperial concubine that he would not mourn, and planned to buy the palace eunuchs, and falsely spread the holy decree of the emperor to Xuanyuan Zixiao, the fifth prince. However, although the palace eunuch was a eunuch, he was loyal and would never fake the holy decree, and the imperial concubine let the palace eunuch be killed in a fit of anger.
Zhang Kuan originally wanted to fake the holy decree, but the palace eunuch had already prepared and sent someone to ring the long bell of the sacrificial roof, which was only ringed by the emperor himself during the New Year's meeting, which means that the old and the new are alternated in a year. If it weren't for the bell ringing, there would be only one possibility, the emperor would have died.
Now, everyone knows that the emperor is gone, and the imperial concubine bewitched her father and said that the palace eunuch was dead, let's find someone else to fake the holy decree, Zhang Kuan smiled bitterly, except for this big eunuch, no one else can pass the saint's edict. When the hundred officials entered the palace, Zhang Kuan truthfully said that the emperor died without leaving the prince, but the country could not be without a monarch for a day, and asked the elders to recommend the prince to the imperial concubine to supervise the country.
Naturally, there were princelings among the hundred officials, including Chi Wen, the head of the household department, and a group of henchmen, who naturally supported the restoration of the prince's status, and questioned the palace eunuchs for falsely transmitting the holy edict, and asked the palace eunuchs to confront them face to face. However, the palace eunuch was beaten to death because he was unwilling to forge a holy oracle for the imperial concubine, and the imperial concubine first prevented the officials from seeing people, and at this time, many people in the Zhang Party began to suspect that the imperial concubine had falsely passed on the holy edict. Zhang Kuan had no choice but to say that the palace eunuch went with the saint and hanged himself, and the officials were in an uproar, and they suspected that Zhang Dang and the imperial concubine had tampered with the holy oracle.
At this time, the imperial concubine demanded that the senate must support the canonization of the five princes as the princes, and supervise the country on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and the princelings did not obey, and the imperial concubine ordered Xue Chi, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, to enter the palace and force the support of hundreds of officials. Under the strong suppression of the imperial concubine, the hundred officials had to agree to canonize the fifth prince Xuanyuan Zixiao as the crown prince, and in the next two months of the 29th year of Taiqian, the crown prince was put in charge of the country.
However, the imperial concubine thought that forcing the hundred officials to appoint the crown prince would stabilize the country, but she did not expect that when the hundred officials left the palace, the princelings immediately launched a mutiny. The princelings gathered 8,000 troops, grabbed 5,000 people, and charged 13,000 troops to attack the palace.
This traitor is the imperial concubine and Zhang Dang, Zhang Kuan sent people to ask the forbidden army for help, please punish the rebels.
At this time, only the Xuanwu Legion was still in Longdu, but the Xuanwu Legion had no commander, and the generals of each regiment did not want to participate in the battle for the crown prince, so the forbidden army watched coldly from the sidelines. Although the Imperial Forest Army only had 2,000 people, the palace city was strong, and the rebels could not overcome it for a long time. There are also rumors that the five princes are still in the prince's mansion, and the rebels decided to kill the five princes, so Zhang Dang was hopeless, so they attacked the prince's mansion. At this time, the Zilong army, which returned to Longdu Mansion, quickly supported the Five Princes, defended the Prince's Mansion, and continued the bloody battle with the rebels. During this period, the five princes persuaded the 1,000 Inuyi prisoners of war who were originally going to sacrifice the prisoner ceremony to hire them to annihilate the rebels. These battle-hardened Inuyi soldiers were immediately defeated by the rebels as soon as they received the silver.
At this time, the dragon capital was already in chaos, the rivers and lakes were vendetta, the people were vendettas, the scholars were vendettas, and the entire dragon was full of blood, and the demons and monsters were dancing.