Chapter 48: Motivation
Liu Ziluan, the eighth son of Emperor Liu Jun of Song Xiaowu, was given death by his brother who was the emperor at the age of ten, and left a sentence before he died.
The sentence is: May the future body not be resurrected by the royal family.
Born in the royal family (royal), even if you are lucky or unlucky, the carefree life of fine clothes and food makes countless people yearn for it, but if you were really born in the royal family and became a prince, who can really feel the taste of walking on thin ice?
Chen Shuying was young and ignorant before, and he was protected by his father, so he didn't understand Liu Ziluan's words very well, but when he grew up, he gradually understood how the other party would say such things.
There are many princes, but there can only be one crown prince, and when the first emperor dies, the vacant throne may not be something that the crown prince can sit on.
The supreme power makes the princes guard against each other like thieves, Chen Shuying knows that his second brother Chen Shuling coveted the position of the crown prince back then, so he did whatever it took to make his father abolish the crown prince.
Chen Shuying was glad that Chen Shuling died in Xiyang, Huangzhou, otherwise after his father died, for that throne, Chen Shuling didn't know how crazy he would be.
After Chen Shubao ascended the throne and became emperor, he began to guard against Chen Shuying like a thief, and rose and descended secretly, making King Yuzhang a clan vassal king with a noble status but no real power.
Now, let him monitor the kings of the clan, if someone has bad intentions, they can be cut first, which sounds good, but once he is mistaken, Chen Shuying will bear the notoriety of 'slaughtering the clan'.
Today, a mutiny suddenly broke out in Nan Daying, the scale was unexpectedly large, saying that there was no promoter behind the scenes, Chen Shuying did not believe it, and if there was a mastermind, I am afraid that his intentions were not small, and the first to be suspected of being the mastermind behind the scenes were these clans.
This cannot be left unguarded, because Chen Guo has hidden dangers since the founding of the country, and it has set off bloody storms again and again.
When Gaozu Chen Baxian died, his only son Chen Chang was also taken hostage by Zhou Guo, so the vacated throne could only be sat by Chen Baxian's nephew Chen Qian, and then Zhou Guo let Chen Chang return to China, but Chen Chang "fell into the water and died" when he crossed the river accompanied by Chen Guo's envoys.
Perhaps it was retribution, after the death of Emperor Wen Chen Qian, the crown prince Chen Bozong succeeded to the throne, and it didn't take long for him to be seized by the emperor's uncle Chen Xuan, and then "died of illness".
Chen Shuying didn't know how to evaluate his father's behavior, after all, at that point, if his father didn't replace him, it would be his father who would "die of illness" in the future.
It is precisely for this reason that the biggest enemy of the Emperor of Chen Guo is not outside, but in the clan, Chen Shuying was sent by Chen Shubao to monitor the kings of the clan, why didn't the other party send someone to spy on him?
He can cut down those suspicious clans first, and those generals who spy on him, why can't they cut him down first?
Just like the general of Zhennan and the governor of Dadu, Wang Meng killed the assassin of Guangzhou and Chen Boyan, the king of Hengyang.
Chen Boyan is the son of Emperor Wen, appointed as the assassin of Guangzhou, last year, the Zhou army captured the Lingbiao area, and then the defeated soldiers fled back to Jiankang by sea, saying that before the Zhou army invaded the Lingbiao, Chen Boyan had a strange movement, and was destroyed by the Metropolitan Governor Wang Meng.
Chen Shuying knew that Wang Meng was also responsible for monitoring Chen Boyan, so if the other party made a move, Wang Meng could cut it first and then play, and the dignified clan vassal king didn't even have the opportunity to be escorted to the capital for trial, so the family was ruined.
Will he end up like this?
Chen Boyan is the son of Emperor Wen, and it is natural to be feared by Emperor Xuan, and there are thirteen sons of Emperor Wen, and there are nine people who are still alive today, along with their sons in the East Hall, these nine people have full motivation to plan this rebellion and take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
However, when it comes to motives, others can also say that he Chen Shuying has motives, and that Chen Yin, the abolished prince and king of Wuxing, has motives.
Looking at the full hall of the kings of the clan and their sons, the number of people large and small was nearly a hundred, Chen Shuying couldn't help but sigh, he was here to guess who would be the mastermind in the clan, and the Son of Heaven was probably also guessing whether he was the mastermind or not.
Walking outside the hall, watching the sunset, and looking at the south of the city, Chen Shuying only hoped that the imperial court could put down this rebellion as soon as possible and let everyone live in peace.
Otherwise, if you defend against me and I defend against you, when will it be the end?
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When night fell, the Suzaku sailed south of Changganli, the torches were like stars, the voices of the people were boiling, and the horse-drawn carriages drove slowly on the streets, and the soldiers on the cars threw down the rice and cloth, and the soldiers who followed them distributed them to the onlookers on both sides of the road.
"This is the people's fat and people's ointment that the dog official snatched, everyone come and get it! Take the rice back and cook it, and eat a full meal! ”
In the shouts one after another, many onlookers got white grain and cloth of good quality, and they were very excited about this, and they shouted with the soldiers.
Today, there was a change in the camp in the south of the city, the shouts shook the sky, the smoke was billowing out, many people thought it was a fire at first, but the result was a mutiny, the rebels then set fire to all parts of the south of the city, and the officers and soldiers who rushed to the scene were very chaotic, and everyone was frightened.
At first, there were rebels who burned, killed and looted, but later, for some reason, some of these rebels 'maintained order' and no longer robbed the alleys where ordinary people lived, but went specifically to rob the mansions and mansions of those rich merchants and big families.
The slogan of the rebels is known to more and more people, that is, "kill the dog officials and distribute the grain".
And now, after the anxious people who took to the streets were given bags of rice and horses, they really believed that these soldiers were trying to kill the dog officials around the official family and give everyone a good day.
Without dog officials, there would be no evil slaves running rampant; Without the dog officials, the government will no longer exploit the people; The official family is Shengming, it is these dog officials who confuse the official family, so that the official family does not know the suffering of the people!
The people felt that the soldiers were right, kill the dog officer, and everyone will be able to live a good life!
More and more people gathered in the streets, and many of them carried their share of rice and cloth home, and then returned to the streets again, following the convoy, not to fish in troubled waters and receive food, but to follow these soldiers and do their part for the dog killer.
In Changganli, which runs east and west, a large number of ordinary people live, and the huge convoy of people marching from the east and west sides has won more and more cheers and the atmosphere is becoming more and more lively through the distribution of grain and cloth, and then a horse-drawn carriage has attracted the attention of countless people.
There was a stake on the flat carriage, and a man was tied to the stake, and the soldiers who escorted the carriage were dressed in armor, hoods, and iron masks, and covered their bodies tightly, and shouted in a loud voice:
"This is the big traitor Shi Wenqing, this is the big traitor Shi Wenqing! On weekdays, there is no evil, conniving at domestic slaves to do evil, blinding the officials, and preying on the people! ”
"Today, he slaughtered soldiers in Nanda Camp in a vain attempt to embezzle rewards, which is a heinous crime!"
Hearing this, the onlookers were excited, and they picked up the stones on the ground and threw them at the big traitors in the carriage.
The carriage traveled less than a mile, and Shi Wenqing had been smashed beyond recognition, his body was covered with bruises, and his face was swollen like a pig's head.
In the cold wind, Shi Wenqing shivered, the wail at the beginning could no longer be heard clearly, one eye had been smashed blind, the socket of the other eye was swollen, his eyes were narrowed into a line, and the flesh and blood all over his body were blurred.
Today, there was a change in the Nanda camp, Shi Wenqing relied on the efforts of his subordinates to cover the hasty escape, but just after walking not far away, he ran into another group of chaotic soldiers, and in the chaos, Shi Wenqing and several followers escaped over the wall, hiding everywhere in Tibet, and did not approach the Qinhuai River until the afternoon.
He wanted to escape across the river, the most direct way was to swim across the river, Shi Wenqing could swim, but he felt that the water was too cold to stand it, and he couldn't find a boat, so he could only cross the river by bridge.
As a result, he was caught by the rebels guarding the south side of Suzaku Airlines, and his identity was soon exposed.
The current situation in Changganli can be called an empty alley, Shi Wenqing was terrified, these rebels actually distributed food and cloth to buy the hearts of the people, it can be seen that the plan is not small, and someone must be instructed later.
And he, I'm afraid it won't be long before he can live.
Hou Jing of Chaoliang, his body paraded in the streets of Jiankang City, and was shared and eaten by the excited people of Jiankang, and in the decades since then, the second person to enjoy the fate of parade in the streets is afraid that he is Shi Wenqing.
The bursts of pain and the ever-increasing sense of fear made Shi Wenqing frightened and incontinent, at this time, he had already smashed out a few teeth in his mouth, and he couldn't speak clearly, so he could only shout "help" again and again.
If he hadn't gone to Nandaying today, then even if a mutiny broke out, he would have been fine, and he would have stayed in the heavily guarded Taicheng to watch the fire from the other side, and he could even take the opportunity to blackmail, as a result...
With a "bang", Shi Wenqing was hit with a stone on his head, and then blood flowed, and he only felt a splitting headache, as if his skull was cracked.
Shi Wenqing wailed, he was unwilling, he didn't want to die, at this moment, a horn sounded in the north, which was a precursor when the army launched an attack, Shi Wenqing heard this voice, and couldn't help but be excited.
He was now at a crossroads, and the north-south road was very spacious, and this was the Suzaku Imperial Road, and to the north, it was the Suzaku Hang, which was the direction in which the horn sounded.
"The officers and soldiers are coming, coming... Help me..."
Shi Wenqing reluctantly raised his head, looked at the north of the firelight, and vaguely saw the Vermilion Bird Hang that was illuminated by the firelight, and saw the Vermilion Bird Gate slowly opening to the north.
The sudden change quieted the streets of Changganli, which was like a carnival, and then the shouts of the tide resounded in the sky: "Kill the dog officer, kill the dog officer!" ”
Many people picked up stones and anything else that could be used as weapons, and gathered around the soldiers who raised their arms and shouted, who had just distributed food and cloth, and would not watch the soldiers and horses mobilized by the dog officer snatch them again.
The motives of the people are very simple, the official family is good, but they are deceived by the dog officials, those dog officials are powerful on weekdays, and it is the soldiers of the Nanda Battalion who teach each other a lesson.
Now the dog officer wants to send troops to do bad things, and they will never agree!
Countless people followed behind the soldiers, rushing towards the Suzaku Hang, the torches gathered from the trickle into a river, the light reflected the red sky, in the night sky, several gray carrier pigeons spread their wings and flew high, over the hustle and bustle of Jiankang City, towards the west.