Chapter 11 Bloodbathing Heyin and ambushing millions of corpses
"Huh! The glorious hegemony is empty, the soul of the previous life is in the dream, the queen mother, what I can't get, you can't get it" Subsequently, Emperor Xiaoming was escorted by five flowers, before Pan Chonghua gave birth, Empress Dowager Hu would not kill him, what she had to wait for was to wait until Pan Chonghua gave birth to a dragon son, and Emperor Ming's life was in between nights.
"Really? I want to see if there is no emperor in this world or there is no mourning family" said, Empress Dowager Hu looked at the eunuch next to her with sharp eyes and said, "Look at the emperor, if he runs away, you will only have a dead end" After speaking, she walked towards the palace gate without looking at it.
Time flies, decades have passed without paying attention, and I still remember that at that time, Emperor Ming was only eight or nine years old, at that time, Empress Dowager Hu took him young to ascend the distant treasure hall. Since then, the emperor has never called her a mother, and in the high position of power in the Yaohua Palace, a "mourning family" and a "lonely king" will be in the deep palace, the only mother and son who can be connected by blood are instantly isolated into a real lonely family.
"Mother~" Emperor Xiaoming shouted loudly at the figure of the Empress Dowager Hu's departure, his shouting was exhausted, and he could clearly feel that the green tendons in the corners of his forehead had burst out. No matter how hard the eunuchs around him escorted, they couldn't control him, and Empress Dowager Hu was shocked when she heard this "mother" crying out from hell.
When he was able to call out such a voice, it was almost when Emperor Ming was a child, and when he was a child, the eight-year-old Yuan Yi ascended the throne of the emperor, and according to the palace rules, the emperor wanted to live separately from his mother, and he also shouted like this when the emperor couldn't leave her at that time. Empress Dowager Hu stood in place, and even she couldn't believe the touch that this mother brought her.
At this moment's touch, Empress Dowager Hu seemed to recall the beginning, at that time, Xiao Yuanyi was also chasing her behind her and shouting from her mother, thinking of this, Empress Dowager Hu's eyes couldn't help but show a little sadness, and instantly some gods grabbed the corner of the table and supported her. But soon, she was back to her usual state of decisiveness. She clenched the table and chair tightly and clenched her fists tightly.
Northern Wei Dynasty,Since the reform of Xiaowen Emperor Yuanhong Sinicization,National strength, political and military reached its peak,It can be said that the peak of the latter can not be surpassed,With the sinicization of the Xianbei people,The contradictions of the increasingly Sinicized social class contradictions have also been exposed one by oneγ Emperor Wen can be said to be a creator, and he spent his entire life to see the bleak scene of mourning in the later period.
The succession of the royal family was passed down from generation to generation, and by the time of Emperor Wu, this class contradiction reached its peak, with the upper echelons in power being extremely extravagant, and the lower classes of the common people having nothing to eat. With the outbreak of the uprising of the displaced people in Huaishuo Town, the other five towns followed suit, and the rebel armies in various places pointed the acute social problems at the Northern Wei Dynasty.
The attitude of the imperial court was also that of war and war, and the soft and soft policy of both soft and hard temporarily calmed the external crisis, but soon after the external crisis was calmed down, Emperor Wu died and handed over the sharp contradictions in society to the children who were not yet young. Internal and external troubles indirectly gave the Empress Dowager Hu an indirect factor in the imperial system.
At that time, Yu Zhong, the general of the Northern Wei Dynasty, opposed women's interference in politics, believing that it was a matter of humiliation to Chaogang. This may be the first foolish thing that Empress Dowager Hu did, in order to clear the obstacles in the court, she actually asked for help from her in-law Yuan Cha of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which led to the end of Yuan Cha leading troops into the capital and killing Yu Zhong, who was in power for a while.
As soon as Yu Zhong died, since his usefulness had been used, there was no one in the court who could compete with him, and he felt that he did not need to bow down to a woman. drove her out of Luoyang, Empress Dowager Hu's approach was the same as He Jin in the Eastern Han Dynasty when he introduced Dong Zhuo into Beijing. I expected the beginning, but I never expected that the jackal would always be a jackal, and when faced with the prey, it would fight back bravely, but once the prey was hunted, the hunter would not survive.
Since Yuan Cha entered Beijing, the Linzhao Dynasty has been in charge for five years, and she has also wandered outside for five years. Mother and son were separated, and the war was approaching, she suffered from hunger and cold, tasted the difficulties of turbulence and displacement, and finally returned to Luoyang with the help of Gaoyang Wang Yuanyong. With the support of the courtiers inside and outside, he killed Yuan Cha and re-established the system.
If it is said that Empress Dowager Hu really did two things that she regretted in her life, the first was to let Yuan Cha enter Beijing, which led to the result that she was bumpy and exiled for five years. The second is to kill his own son. She didn't expect that Er Zhurong, who came next after hearing the news, was more fierce than Yuan Cha.
Just when Empress Dowager Hu was planning to borrow the Ming Emperor's female Yuan girl to establish the emperor, Er Zhurong also quietly started his own calculations.
On the one hand, Empress Dowager Hu was busy setting up an emperor to consolidate her position, on the other hand, Er Zhurong had quietly entered Luoyang City, witnessing the new monarch candidate she had chosen, this person was Yuan Ziyou, the later Emperor Xiaozhuang.
"The person I asked you to bring, did you bring it?" In the Queen Mother's West Palace, the Empress Dowager Hu looked at the big eunuch without a smile. At this moment, she has no time to just have fun, and has to plan for the upcoming crisis.
"Coming" The chief eunuch gave an order, and saw a gorgeously dressed palace official come over.
The "Queen Mother" palace official respectfully saluted to the Empress Dowager Hu.
Empress Dowager Hu waved her hand lightly, and saw the big eunuch take out a sleeping child from the nurse's arms and hand the child to the kneeling palace official.
"This is, Sister Pan's child" The palace official took the child with a little suspicion and looked at it, Er Zhu Ying'e paused in her heart for a while, intending to unwrap the child, only to see the big eunuch immediately stretched out his fingers and pressed it on her hand, shaking his head heavily.
"After thinking about it, I think that you are the only one among the concubines who is most suitable to raise this child, go down!" Empress Dowager Hu said with a little tiredness and motioned for the palace officials to retreat.
I saw the female officer looking at the child in her arms, although she had doubts, she could only hide them in her heart.
"Chonghua, please stay" I saw that as soon as the palace official walked out of the queen mother's bedroom, the big eunuch chased him out and whispered to the palace official who was about to leave.
"I must give up my family, let's come for the sake of the child!" The palace official glanced at the child with a little quietness, and looked at the big eunuch who chased him out.
"Sure enough, it is Erzhu Chonghua, his insights are so unique, smart and wise, and he can understand it at one point" What else does the big eunuch want to say, it seems that there is no need anymore.
"In the hall just now, thank you for the reminder, Erzhu Ying'e is grateful" I saw Erzhu Ying'e respectfully return the eunuch after a salute, hugged the child and turned to leave.
Looking at Erzhu Ying'e's back, he saw that the clouds on the horizon were strangely yellow, and the big eunuch couldn't help but sigh, "It seems that the sky is about to change."
Before the flames of the uprising could spread, Emperor Ming had already died suddenly outside the package of the rebel army.
Empress Dowager Hu directly launched a palace rebellion and killed his parents and children, this move made Er Zhurong very passive, since his move could not be concealed, he simply rebelled openly with great fanfare.
Since ancient times, every battle can be successful, nothing more than to be famous, by writing a proper reason, so as to win the hearts of the people, before the division, first make a name so that the people have an objective judgment.
In order to assist Emperor Ming to regain power, it was not difficult for him to directly attack Huanglong with the emperor's letters, but now that the emperor has been killed, it has become difficult to get out of the school.
"Lord, what are you worried about" Murong Shaozong was dressed as a Confucian scholar, wearing a scarf and holding a feather fan standing among the many generals, he knew Er Zhurong's thoughts and asked casually.
"The matter of raising troops has been leaked, Emperor Ming has passed away, I am afraid that the current situation is very unfavorable to us, how can this be good" Er Zhu Zhongyuan said with a slight sigh. Speaking of raising troops, among the Erzhu family, the most active and first to respond was none other than Erzhu Zhongyuan.
It is said that there is no profit and it is not early, this sentence is the most appropriate to apply to Er Zhu Zhongyuan, he is cruel by nature, and he can be said to be evil when he gathers wealth and his wife. Ji Er Zhu Rong is nothing more than wanting to take advantage of the opportunity to make money in this battle, and by the way, he can also gain fame and fortune, but now before he is out of the army, the emperor has already died, and the most sorrowful person is Er Zhu Zhongyuan, who wants to take advantage.
"At this point, the general doesn't have to worry," he said, only to see Murong Shaozong answer a little calmly.
"How can you be like a girl, grinding and chirping, it's really not good, we went into the palace and captured the old witch alive, when the emperor is in this position, isn't there still an uncle?" Seeing that they were all frightened, they looked forward and backward, which made the hot-tempered Er Zhu Zhao very annoyed.
"Wanren (Erzhu Zhao), don't hurry up and retreat" Er Zhurong scolded, as soon as he said that the emperor wanted to change the master, this is a big rebellion, if it is known by outsiders, it is used to talk about things, which is very unfavorable to the Erzhu family.
"Uncle, cousin and nephew are from the bottom of my heart, the emperor's position is in turn, and it is inevitable to come to my house this year, and I also ask my uncle to comply with the will of heaven" Er Zhuzhao knelt on one knee and clenched his fists tightly with his hands.
Er Zhurong looked around for a week, although Er Zhurong's intentions have not been fully revealed, but Er Zhuzhao, Wan Ren has always been the favorite of Er Zhurong, and the generals present know that "go down" to see that everyone supports sending troops, but if it is mentioned that Er Zhurong is called the emperor, there are very few clan generals present who support it. Er Zhurong probably already had an idea in his heart.
"Uncle" Er Zhu Zhao looked at Er Zhu Rong indignantly.
"Drag it down, hit the ten army sticks, the troops are about to be dispatched, Wan Ren disturbs the morale of the army, and the ten army sticks warn them. My Er Zhurong sent troops this time, in fact, to defend the Northern Wei Dynasty, and it has nothing to do with personal interests, if anyone has two hearts, they will not forgive" Saying that, Er Zhurong waved his order, and was about to execute Er Zhu Zhao, only to see Murong Shaozong on the side walk out.
"The lord is slow, the hussar general (Er Zhuzhao) is also for the sake of the overall situation, not to mention the mutiny, Luoyang has already known, presumably there must be precautions, if we still do not move at this time, I am afraid that people will be swordsmen, and I will be slaughtered by others for fish and meat."
Although Murong Shaozong's words were brief, he spoke everything in the hearts of all the people present, regardless of what these generals thought in their hearts, but there were not a few people who supported Er Zhurong's entry into the army.
"Alas!" Er Zhurong sighed, "It's a pity that the king died." Sending troops at this moment, although it is said to protect itself, can be described as unjustifiable, it is difficult to win the hearts of the army, and the princes of the Quartet are not convinced"
Just when everyone was worried about how to take the opportunity to send troops, a letter from Luoyang completely changed all this. In Luoyang City, the situation was turbulent, the people were panicked, Empress Dowager Hu killed Emperor Ming, and established Emperor Ming's daughter Yuan girl as the emperor, and in a short time, it only maintained peace for three days.
I don't know who leaked the identity of the Yuan girl to the world, the people have reprimanded the decisive and authoritarian Empress Dowager Hu, the public resentment is everywhere, even more so in the court, under the internal and external oppression, the Empress Dowager Hu had to depose the Yuan girl, in the royal family, another Ming Emperor's nephew three-year-old Yuan Zhao as the emperor.
Although Empress Dowager Hu's move temporarily calmed the hearts of the courtiers, all this could no longer make the Northern Wei Dynasty run safely in the wind and rain.
"God help me!" Er Zhurong put down the letter and looked up to the sky and rejoiced. "There is news from Kyoto, Kyoto has been in chaos, Hu Hou went against the sky, killed his parents and children, and exchanged the emperor's civet cat for the prince to cover up the scene, in order to lead Kyoto inside and outside, people's hearts are panicked, this is said to be heaven's help to my call!"
"I implore the general to be the people of the world, send troops, set the outline of the dynasty outside, and clear the traitorous ministers inside." As he spoke, Murong Shaozong took the lead in kneeling, and then all the generals in the room looked at each other, and they all knelt on the ground and shouted:
"I implore the general to send troops"
"I implore the general to send troops"
"I implore the general to send troops"
The generals and all the people said that they would send troops, and their morale was uplifted, and their voices were like bamboos. There was a situation of going straight to Huanglong, Er Zhurong slapped the board excitedly and replied loudly
"Sending troops"
The word of sending troops came out, and soon his father Er Zhurong hurriedly passed a letter to his cousin Er Zhu Shilong, who was far away in Luoyang, and the generals who were stationed in various places.
That night, about the third watch, the courtyard was bright, my father's generals were ready to go, and the female dependents in the courtyard were gathered in the center of the living room one by one. After speaking, his dark red cloak looked particularly dazzling and flashing under his silver iron armor.
"Father" Er Zhuyan looked at his distant back, just like the scene at the beginning, for the war, it is the lament of the unfortunate, and it is the music of the lucky. However, these cannot be evaluated from the host to the object, and we cannot predict the trend of history, but the only thing we can do is to work hard to live in this troubled world.
Before the pace of the uprising reached Luoyang, Er Zhurong had already made all plans. That night, the night sky was brighter than ever. Maybe it was because it had rained in the middle of the night, so the sky was silent. Coming from Jinyang, Er Zhurong was very cautious along the way, although it was already a sure thing to argue with the imperial court, but he never relaxed for a moment.
In the silent night, a faint candlelight became clear little by little in the translation of the black shadow man, and I saw that the person was wearing a black cloak, covering his whole body very tightly, and he was about seven feet tall and slightly thin and rickety. With his knock on the door, everyone in the courtyard had to get nervous. Because Er Zhurong planned to raid Luoyang City, this time he only brought a few cronies to sneak into Luoyang City to find out the truth.
"Cousin" saw that the man looked around very cautiously, "It's me, Rongzong" I saw that the person who came with a very low report.
"It's Shilong who is here, open the door" Hearing that he was coming to report his name, Er Zhurong was overjoyed and let the doorman He Bayue open the door.
As soon as he entered the door, Erzhu Shilong handed the lantern to the guard, walked quickly to Erzhurong, held Erzhurong's arm tightly and said, "Cousin has worked hard all the way, don't come to Xinshuo, don't come unharmed."
"I'm okay, Rongzong is still working hard in the capital," Er Zhurong asked in a greeting manner.
"It's not bitter, the demon of the queen of Hu has fulfilled people's wishes. Now I heard that my cousin was coming, so I came to send good news" Saying that, Er Zhu Shilong analyzed the form of the capital to Er Zhu Rong.
"Although the Tuoba clan (Yuan's) is about to die, but the foundation of the Tuoba clan is still there, and the royal nobles and internal and external subjects still agree to the Tuoba clan to govern, if you rashly overthrow the Tuoba clan, I am afraid that people will be panicked, and if it is not handled properly, I am afraid that you will suffer from the enemy."
Erzhu Shilong listed his concerns one by one.
"That's right! This is also what I take into account, at the moment, although Xiao Liang is outwardly stable and recuperates, he also has to guard against it, and the other is Ge Rong from Hebei, if he is not careful, I am afraid that he will suffer from the enemy on his back," Er Zhurong sighed.
"Cousin, this time to send troops, it is really inviolable, but this time the real machine is very good, and it can also be said that Er Zhu Shilong not only recalled that Er Zhurong wanted to enter Beijing before, but was forbidden by Empress Dowager Hu many times, and even made Empress Dowager Hu annoyed. In order to contain Er Zhurong, Er Zhurong's younger brother Er Zhu Shilong is timid and obscene by nature. This is an important reason why Empress Dowager Hu reused Er Zhu Shilong.
"It is easy to calm down the country, but it is difficult to govern people's hearts." As he spoke, Er Zhurong sighed and closed his eyes in deep thought. He rubbed his forehead a little tiredly and asked Erzhu Shilong, "Rongzong, is there a suitable person I asked you to inquire about?" β
"There are many relatives in the royal family, and aside from the estrangement of relatives, there are dozens of Yuan Yong, Yuan Qin, Yuan Luo, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shen, these are all important ministers of the royal family, and there are Yuan Hao, Yuan Gong, Yuan Ziyou, and Yuan Baoju princes. Among the princes, although they have their own merits, when it comes to having both ability and political integrity, and at the same time deep in the hearts of the people, I am afraid that he must be the most suitable candidate in his heart at this moment.
"Who," Erzhurong asked
"Emperor Ming's companion, Pengcheng Wang Yuan's third son, Yuan Ziyou" said, Er Zhu Shilong handed Yuan Ziyou's jade pendant to Er Zhu Rong.
Now Yuan Ziyou has inherited the throne of his father King Pengcheng, since the current King of Pengcheng can give his jade pendant to Er Zhu Shilong, I am afraid that he also has his own ambitions in politics.
Among them, Er Zhurong's friend Yuan Tianmu once persuaded Er Zhurong to follow Dong Zhuoli's example and Huangkou Xiao'er, so that he could directly assist the government. But Er Zhurong knows better than anyone that "Three Kingdoms", a military book that has been painted and colorful, not only witnessed the arrival of an era, but also was buried by shimmering white bones in that era, that dusty history.
Thinking of this, Er Zhurong couldn't help but feel a little worried, it was not that he was unwilling to follow Dong Zhuo's example, but at this moment, he was hesitating, he launched an army in line with the desire to hold the sword for the people, and led the four thousand people in his clan to go through wind and frost, thousands of battles, and each time the god of luck pulled him back from the brink of death. It is true to say that it has selfish intentions in raising troops, but now it is a little reluctant to hand over the pacified country to others.
Holding the jade pendant, Er Zhurong looked at it thoughtfully, at this moment, no one knew what he was thinking, and the moonlight was shining on the jade pendant, emitting a bright light.
"Adou Ni, what do you think" Er Zhurong glanced at He Bayue who wanted to hear the idea.
"Indeed, when it comes to talent, King Pengcheng is indeed the right person," He Bayue also said with great agreement.
"In that case, then I will personally meet this King of Pengcheng," said Er Zhurong, looking firmly into the distance.
Hearing Er Zhurong say that he would meet Yuan Ziyou in person, Er Zhu Tianguang said with some concern, "Abba, since we started the army, the court may have been prepared, Abba is majestic, and there are many people in Luoyang City, you might as well let the slave go, first, you can meet the king of Pengcheng on behalf of your father, and second, the major events in the army will depend on Abba, it is better for Abba to lead the three armies and let the slave take the lead"
What Erzhu Tianguang said is the truth, and Erzhu Rong is not easy to refuse anything, indeed, Erzhu Tianguang is already a year, and it is time to take charge of the experience alone.
In order to ensure the success of the conspiracy, Er Zhurong secretly sent his son Er Zhu Tianguang and others into Luoyang City, and discussed with Yuanziyou, the son of Yuanxian, the king of Pengcheng and the highly prestigious Changle Wang, to attack Luoyang, and promised to establish Yuanzi You as the emperor after the matter was completed.
On the other hand, in the name of "entering the Kuang Imperial Court", Er Zhurong led an army from Jinyang to Luoyang. Along the way, it was mighty, and everywhere he went, it almost effortlessly made the Northern Wei town surrender to Kaicheng.