In August of the third year of Wei Yong'an (the second year of Liangzhong Datong), the heat in Luoyang City gradually subsided, and at night, it often felt cold.

In the evening of this day, the evening wind blew and blew on the people's bodies, and the whole body was cold. Lu Shang Shushi, Hussar General, Dazai, and Shangdang Wang Yuan Tianmu's mansion ushered in a rare guest, not a bystander, it was Shangshu Zuo Servant Shot, Protector General, Leping County Gonger Zhu Shilong.

The so-called rare guest does not mean that these two bosses of the Erzhu family do not interact with each other, but the two of them rely on their identities, and they are quite "vying for power" openly and secretly, so they rarely go to each other's mansions to visit each other on weekdays. Like today, it is rare for two people to sit down to drink and have fun, and talk and laugh together.

Er Zhu Shilong drank half a cup of grape wine, found a comfortable position to sit down, cleared his throat, and said with a smile: "The autumn wind has risen, and Luoyang City has finally cooled down." Hehe, Tianzhu... It's almost time to enter Luo, right? ”

Yuan Tianmu nodded and said in a deep voice: "This time, everything is ready!" ”

Erzhu Shilong laughed, sat up straight again, and raised his hands to serve the wine cup: "The king of the party is brave and loyal, and he has done his best. In the coming day, the pillar of heaven will ascend to the great treasure, and it will be awarded as the first merit. Shilong, congratulations to the king of the party! ”

"It's just a matter of business." Yuan Tianmu raised his lamp in return, and said with a faint smile: "Duke Leping has overcome obstacles and made outstanding contributions, and he is a relative of the Tianzhu clan, how can he be under Tianmu in the future?" ”

"How dare you? How dare you? Hahaha. Erzhu Shilong smiled, and he had already drunk it all.

Guanzhong is peaceful, looking around, there is no strong enemy in the territory of Great Wei, Er Zhurong is greedy for the sky, consciously prestige, merit is full, a heart of Wei is burning, can no longer be contained. Then the urgent letter was sent to Luoyang, asking Yuan Tianmu and Er Zhu Shilong to cooperate with him in the preparations for the "Zen Dynasty".

First of all, Er Zhurong personally drew up the list, and wrote densely that there were always more than ten blank sheets of paper, wanting to change the officials of all sizes in the prefectures and counties of Henan with his beautiful henchmen. Imagine, Er Zhurong leads Shanxi, Erzhu Tianguang sits in Guanzhong, Hebei has Liu Lingzhu, southeast is Erzhu Zhongyuan, Yuan Tianmu and Er Zhu Shilong control Jinggi, if all the local officials in Henan are replaced by Erzhu lineage, then when Erzhu Rong usurps the throne in Japan, although the world is big, who else will stop him?

Erzhu Shilong got the list and ran away to the ministry. How dare Sima Ziru, the new secretary of the ministry, slack off? Immediately, all the records were in the file, and the next day at the court meeting, the emperor Yuanziyu was asked for approval.

Er Zhurong's behavior is tantamount to not taking the emperor in his eyes, and his intention to usurp the throne is clearly revealed. Yuan Ziyou was so angry that he trembled, his temper came up, and he tore Sima Ziru's performance to smash it a few times, and even yelled at the court: "All the officials recommended by this fold are not allowed to be hired!" ”

The imperial party was filled with righteous indignation, and one by one tried their best to fight for reason, but Erzhu and his family said that they couldn't wait, so they had to give up for the time being.

When the news reached Jinyang, Er Zhurong sneered three times: "Yuan Ziyou, don't you want to live anymore?" If you know each other, you will have to be a prince of peace in the future; If you dare to disobey my will, it will kill you with a knife, change an honest baby as the emperor, and then practice meditation in me, it will not be too troublesome! At that moment, it was a letter sent to Luoyang, asking Yuan Tianmu to immediately come up with a way to deter Yuan Ziyu and the officials and people of Gyeonggi.

Yuan Tianmu thought about it and came up with an idea--- but Er Zhurong personally wrote dozens of private letters and sent them to the officials of the central government and the prefectures and counties of Henan, especially the people in the imperial party. The letter was blunt, to the effect that "those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me die"; At the end, he wrote a few bloody characters with a red pen: "Jun is self-respecting, the story of Moja Heyin is repeated!" ”

Sure enough, the border of Henan was panicked, and the resignation of the local government continued to send to Luoyang. The imperial party in the DPRK barely lasted a few days, and suddenly broke the news that the Chinese scholar had been tortured and fled from Luoyang overnight. As the backbone of the imperial party, Xingzi actually said goodbye without saying goodbye, which suddenly attracted a large number of imperial party figures inside and outside the government and the opposition to follow suit. It is said that resignations are being played more frequently.

Yuan Ziyu and the big men of the imperial party were already anxious, and they didn't want Yu Jin's old mother to die suddenly, so Yu Jin had no choice but to "worry about Ding". The vitality of the imperial party was greatly damaged.

Sima Ziru immediately brought up the old matter on the grounds that "the officials are scattered and the government has no way to operate", and once again launched the list of Er Zhurong. Yuan Tianmu and Erzhu Shilong gathered Erzhu's party members to shake their flags and shout desperately, this time the imperial party could no longer resist the enemy, even if the emperor Yuan Ziyou himself, only because of the blows, at this time he had lost all his sharpness, and in desperation, he finally gave an order.

The Erzhu series won a complete victory, and from this point of view, the matter of Erzhu on behalf of Wei is already a certainty. As long as the weather turns cold, Er Zhurong is afraid that he will go south to Luo and usurp the throne as emperor.

This was the case when Yuan Tianmu and Er Zhu Shilong cooperated properly, and Da Deer Zhu Rong appreciated it. The two of them also knew that they were at a critical juncture, and they didn't want to fight each other at this time, so in recent days, they have "abandoned their previous suspicions", and they often get together to drink and narrate.

The head Zhu Shilong drank it all, and Yuan Tianmu smiled here, and drank the wine in the cup dry, but put down the wine cup, leaned on the low table in front of him, and said to himself: "The weather is indeed getting colder... Tianzhu is there, I'm afraid I can't wait. Well, the most important thing for Yu today is to think about it, and invite Tianzhu to Luo. ”

"That's it!" Er Zhu Shilong nodded again and again, and then said indignantly: "It's hateful that Yuanzi doesn't know how to lift, and today, I don't know how thick the sky is, actually... How dare you pretend to be stupid! ”

This is to say that today's affairs in the court--- Er Zhu Rong has an inch, and instructed Er Zhu Shilong to represent the above table, saying: "The minister is respectful, there are fanatics Xu Zhou and the like, and the minister has made great contributions to the society, and he should add nine tin." The minister was frightened, and with this 'unsubordinate move', he had dismissed Zhou from his post in the army, making him return home! ”

As soon as Er Zhu Shilong's words came out, the *** on the Taiji Hall changed --- Jiuxi, from ancient times to the present, all usurpers must be added. This Xu Zhou, who joined the army, is Er Zhurong's henchman at all, and his so-called "disobedient move", who can't see that it is Er Zhurong who wants to capture and indulge?

Er Zhurong eliminated the Empress Dowager Hu, pacified Hebei, Qingqi, Youyan, and Guanzhong, and swept away Yuan Hao, to be honest, he did make great contributions. According to the script, as long as Emperor Yuan Ziyou said "Tianzhu does have great merit", then all the Erzhu party members in the palace will immediately start playing in unison to add nine tin for Erzhu Rong. In this way, Er Zhurong can justifiably enter Luoshou Jiuxi, and then take another step, that is, to become the emperor on behalf of Wei.

I didn't want Yuan Ziyou to be anxious, but Quan Dang didn't understand, and said with a smile: "Tianzhu is loyal, and it is really a great Wei Zhushi!" That being the case, you deserve a great reward! Without waiting for everyone to react, Yuan Ziyou immediately ordered "Tianzhu's loyalty can be learned, reward 10,000 gold, and increase a number of provinces", and then announced his retirement from the dynasty, completely not giving Erzhu's party members a chance to speak.

Four or two thousand catties, Yuan Ziyu can be regarded as temporarily escaping a catastrophe.

Er Zhu Shilong was disappointed that he did not win the competition, which is why he was in a hurry to come to the Yuan Tianmu Mansion today. When the two of them said this, they held back for a while, and they didn't think of any good reason for a while, so they simply closed their mouths and ate a few glasses of stuffy wine.