One

Xu Zhihe killed the monkey to show the chicken, which not only suppressed people like Yang Meng, but also verified the fact that Wu Guo really had the final say. Yang Meng's death did not cause much opposition in the court, and even Emperor Yang Pu only expressed his anger and did not punish Xu Zhihe at all, all of which made Xu Zhihe secretly happy, and he had a bold idea in his heart.

Just as Xu Zhihe was planning the next step, the news of Yan Keqiu's death came, and Xu Zhihe was very sad to hear it. Yan Keqiu is a rare talent, since Yang Xingmi's time, he has made suggestions for the Xu family, and he has his credit for every major juncture. I thought that after the big things were done in the future, I would give him an official to show my gratitude, but I didn't expect people to leave first. Xu Zhihe led Zhou Zong to Yan's house to express his respect for him.

Yan Keqiu's death made Xu Zhihe feel that time waits for no one, and what should be done must be done quickly. One day, he and Zhou Zong were discussing matters in the inner hall, and suddenly looked at himself in the bronze mirror, as if a trace of white hair had grown, he sighed and sighed:

"Hey, before I knew it, I had gray hair, the years are really unforgiving, I don't feel young enough, but people are old first, but it's a pity that the great cause has not been accomplished, how to do it!" Zhou Zong understood Xu Zhihe's intentions, and he and Xu Zhihe knew each other very well, so he said:

"The prince doesn't have to worry, the great cause is just around the corner." Immediately after Zhou Zong left, he wrote a letter to Song Qiqiu in Guangling, discussing with him a plan to persuade Emperor Wu to abdicate. Song Qiqiu was unhappy when he saw the letter, not because of Emperor Wu's abdication, but because this plan was proposed by Zhou Zong first. Song Qiqiu was a talented man, but at the same time, he was also a jealous and capable man, he could not allow others to have more foresight than him, and he felt that this kind of plan should be proposed by himself first. Song Qiqiu always regarded himself as a scattered person on the surface, but in fact, he had a desire for power in his heart, and he didn't want Zhou Zong to take the lead in such an important event. So he directly wrote a letter to Xu Zhihe, saying that Chen Zhouzong was demagogic and ill-intentioned, and dissuaded Emperor Wu from abdicating the throne on the grounds that the time had not yet arrived, otherwise a catastrophe would come.

When Xu Zhihe heard Song Qiqiu say this, he also felt that it was a bit too hasty, so he reprimanded Zhou Zong and said that he would demote him to Chizhou as a deputy envoy. Zhou Zong knew that it was angry words, so he didn't care, but went to Xu Jue to discuss, Xu Jie was very excited after hearing it, because he always felt that Xu Zhihe didn't appreciate him very much, if this thing could be done, then he could raise his eyebrows in front of Xu Zhihe, so he said to Zhou Zong:

"The time is ripe, just to see if the king has the perseverance and determination."

"But Lord Song said that the time has not come, so King Qi is a little worried, and he seems to be very hesitant!" Zhou Zong said to Xu Jue. Xu Jue was famous for his relationships when he was by Xu Wen's side before, and he was a good person, he knew Song Qiqiu's purpose very well, so he said:

"Let's go and persuade King Qi together."

Two

Zhou Zong and Xu Jue came together to persuade Xu Zhihe to let King Wu retreat from him, Xu Zhihe was naturally happy in his heart, his childhood dream was about to become a reality, but his face was very calm, and he deliberately used Song Qiqiu's words to excuse himself. Zhou Zong and Xu Jue strongly recommended it, and the two of them said in unison:

"King Qi, since you took charge of the government of Wu, the country and the people have been peaceful, the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the people of the Manchu Dynasty and the people of Wu have been grateful for your kindness. Now Emperor Wu is immoral, his ability is worrying, and King Qi is the pillar of Wu, and the entire Wu Kingdom is only because of you to get to where it is today! The people have long known that the King of Qi does not know the Emperor Wu, if the King of Qi resigns, it will be to ignore the future of the Wu Kingdom and the people! ”

"But I can't do anything worthy of the world and let the world scold me for being unfaithful!" Xu Zhihe said with his back to them.

"The King of Qi said this is wrong, since Emperor Xuan, the government of Wu is that Xu Gong is presiding over the overall situation, and then Xu Gong went out of Jinling, and the King of Qi is in the court, and then Xu Gongxu, the King of Qi is presiding over the overall situation of Wu alone, and today, Wu has long only listened to the orders of the King of Qi and did not know the imperial decree." Xu Jue said. The Emperor Xuan mentioned by Xu Jue here refers to Yang Longyan, because Yang Pu posthumously honored Yang Longyan as Emperor Xuan after becoming emperor.

"What you said is not unreasonable, things are not difficult, what is difficult is the people of the world!" Xu Zhihe said.

Zhou Zong continued: "King Qi, the world is the world of the people of the world, but since ancient times, there have been virtuous people living in it. Now that Emperor Wu is unethical, King Qi has both virtue and ability, is broad-minded, and loves the people like a son, and the people are too late to be happy, so how can they oppose it? Moreover, the old generals of the Yang clan have withered away, and now no one in the court has the strength to compete with the King of Qi, so it is the right time to act at this time! ”

Xu Zhihe didn't speak, Xu Jue saw that this was acquiescence, so he struck while the iron was hot and said: "King Qi relaxes, just wait for the good news, and leave the rest to the ministers and others!" After speaking, he went out with Zhou Zong.

Soon, under the instruction of Xu Zhihe, a letter written by Song Qiqiu and others asking Emperor Wu to abdicate was presented to Yang Pu in an early dynasty, and of course there were signatures of the main ministers of the court. Yang Pu saw the color of the iron behind the book, his eyes were distracted, the blue tendons on his forehead burst out, and his lips trembled, he knew that this day was going to come sooner or later, but now that he came, he still didn't want to accept the facts. He closed his eyes, as if in deep thought about something, and suddenly he opened them again, and asked in an unusually calm tone:

"Do you want Xu Zhihe to be the emperor so much? You are now ministers, aren't you still ministers after Xu Zhihe became emperor? Could it be that when Xu Zhihe becomes the emperor, you can enjoy the treatment of being an emperor? The ministers were silent, for the ministers did not know what to say.

"Don't you think it's funny that you, as a minister of the state of Wu, actually support a person who plots to usurp the throne? Don't you think it's against the way of a servant? There was still silence below, Yang Pu stood up and stared at the group of people below with flaming eyes, years of grievances, anger and dissatisfaction finally broke out, and he roared hysterically:

"Xu Zhihe, a chaotic minister and thief, is a traitorous minister who plots to usurp the throne, a despicable villain who will take revenge and take revenge, what he wants, what I give him, and I give him everything, is it possible to repay his monarch as a courtier? If my father hadn't adopted him back then, I'm afraid he would have starved to death, how can he be today. Didn't Xu Wen also lean towards the government and the opposition back then? He didn't dare to usurp the throne, don't you feel ashamed that you still support such a disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unrighteous person? Maybe Yang Pu's words hit some people's sore spots, and an old minister seemed to cry and said, "The old minister is incompetent, so the emperor is wronged." Then a few old ministers echoed the words "the minister is incompetent", and Yang Pu smiled bitterly and continued to scold:

"If you are abusive and disloyal, aren't you afraid of being scolded by future generations? What kind of face do you have to go to see the emperor after death. It was very quiet below, no one spoke anymore, Yang Pu was also tired of scolding, slumped on the chair, and after a while said to himself:

"My two elder brothers are in this position, one was killed, the other was angry to death, I didn't die, I survived until now, but the country is gone in my hands, how can I be worthy of my father and the ancestors of the Yang family!" Yang Pu cried as he spoke, leaving the hall while crying, and the minister had no one to help him, and he knelt on the ground with a little conscience and cried while shouting "The minister is incompetent, the minister is dead" and other words, only two servants followed behind, and this scene made people feel extremely sad to watch.

Yang Pu's venting words in the court soon reached Xu Zhihe's ears, and Xu Zhihe weighed the pros and cons and gave Yang Pu a condition, if he accepted the abdication, Yang Pu still enjoyed the treatment of the king, and the Yang family enjoyed the court's fortune and would never kill anyone indiscriminately. Soon, Song Qiqiu and others presented a recital in the court asking Yang Pu to abdicate, and the recital stated the conditions set by Xu Zhihe. Yang Pu was silent for a while after reading it, and then said with a smile, "Everyone in the world says that the Yellow Emperor is good, but he is poor and born in the emperor's family." Yang Pu knew that there was no way to return to the sky, and he should always come, so he picked up the pen and wrote the edict of Zen with a trembling hand.

Three

In 937 A.D. (the third year of Tianzuo), Yang Pu was forced to Zen in Xu Zhihe, Xu Zhihe stole the power of Wu and established the State of Qi, changed the Yuan to ascend to the Yuan, and Southern Wu was declared extinct. Counting from the sealing of King Wu by Yang Xing, Southern Wu has experienced two generations of four monarchs, which lasted 35 years. An orphan that Yang Xingmi unintentionally adopted back then, when he grew up, he was actually the gravedigger of his own Yang family.

Xu Zhihe respected Yang Pu as the emperor, and called himself a Zen to the outside world, which means that he did not insist on robbing it, but Emperor Wu took the initiative to give it to him. Xu Zhi decided that Jinling was the western capital, Guangling was the eastern capital, and the era name was Shengyuan. This year is destined to be an extraordinary year, because Xu Zhihe not only became the emperor, but also got a grandson, who was named Congjia, who was later Li Yu. Xu Zhihe never dreamed that the country that this grandson got the year he was born, and later the country that this grandson had worked so hard to build in his life, history is so wonderful.

After Xu Zhihe established the State of Qi, he moved Yang Pu and the royal family to Runzhou, and built Danyang Palace for Yang Pu to live in. Yang Pu was ashamed of his ancestors, and since then he has been disheartened and has lost hope in life, so he began to cultivate, wearing Taoist clothes all day long, learning the art of clearing grain and eating qi, hoping that he can be liberated as soon as possible. Due to the great self-blame, depression and pain for a long time, he died of illness the following year, and Yang completely withdrew from the political arena of Wu.