In fact, Liu Yu had already bought the emperor's close attendants Chun Yu Wenzu, Miao Fangsheng, Zhou Dengzhi, as well as the Zhige general Liu Guangshi, and there was also a chamberlain eunuch named Qian Lansheng, who could convey Liu Ziye's whereabouts to Ruan Dianfu at any time.

Just when Liu Yu and others were plotting to abolish Liu Ziye, Liu Ziye was also considering putting Liu Yu and other kings under house arrest, which was also for his own safety.

Liu Yu, who got the news, knew that he couldn't wait any longer, and once he was placed under house arrest, he was afraid that this life would be over, so he decided to launch a coup d'état immediately.

That night, the inner palace was on duty by Fan Sengcheng, the general of the forbidden army, who was a fellow villager of Liu Guangshi, the general of the Zhige.

"Brother Fan, on duty today?" Liu Guangshi walked to the door of the inner palace to say hello.

Fan Seng nodded and smiled: "Yes, how did you get here?" ”

Liu Guangshi pulled Fan Seng and said, "Brother Fan, I have something to tell you, go to my place, I prepared wine and food, let's talk and eat at the same time, how about it?" ”

Fan Seng turned his head and said, "Brother Liu, you see that I am right, I can't leave!" ”

"What does it matter? It's not that no one is guarding here, if you're not there, will anyone dare to break in? Take a walk, and if you don't go again, the food will be cold! ”

Liu Guangshi even pulled the mop and pulled Fan Seng away, the two drank for an hour, Fan Seng was drunk like mud, Liu Guangshi took advantage of his drunkenness and stole the troop transfer tiger talisman on his body.

Liu Guangshi, who took the Tiger Talisman of the Troop Transfer, immediately dropped a forbidden army from the barracks of the forbidden army and killed it to the inner palace, and the soldiers guarding the gate of the inner palace were scattered by a photo, and the large team of people and horses directly killed it, and the inner servants in the inner palace were shocked and resisted with knives, but they were quickly killed.

Liu Guangshi soon led people to the emperor's bedroom, and a large number of chamberlains fought with knives and the forbidden army, and Liu Ziye trembled with fright.

Shou Lonely took Chun Yu Wenzu, Miao Fangsheng, and Zhou Dengzhi to kill some of the eunuchs guarding the palace, Liu Ziye knew that the people around him had also betrayed, jumped out of bed and fled, Shou Lonely committed suicide with a knife, and when he caught up, he got up and fell with a knife, and Liu Ziye's head was cut off.

The resistance outside was quickly suppressed, and Liu Yu, the king of Xiangdong, who received the news, immediately led his troops into the palace and controlled the palace ban.

The Empress Dowager Lu Huinan knew that the matter had been settled, and she was powerless to change it, and Liu Yu was also very filial to her, so she issued a decree saying that Liu Yu was subject to her decree to eradicate Liu Ziye and ordered Liu Yu to be the emperor.

With the Empress Dowager's decree, Liu Yu's succession seemed reasonable and legitimate in the eyes of his brothers, and he was supported by his brothers.

The next day, Xiao Daocheng, Liu Mian and other generals outside the city of Beijing entered the palace to bow down and declare their allegiance.

Zong Yue and Zhang Yong, who had just led their troops to Jiankang and Wuhu, received the news, and soon met the envoys sent by Liu Yu, and the two successively expressed their allegiance to Liu Yu.

Liu Ziye's head was ordered by Liu Yu to be embalmed and then packed in a brocade box, and sent an envoy to carry it to Chang'an.

On September 28, Wang Daolong, an envoy of Liu and Song, led a team to Qianguo and arrived in Chang'an.

Zhao Junsheng had already received news from Liu Song in the Southern Dynasty that Liu Yu, the king of Xiangdong, staged a coup d'état to kill Liu Ziye to seize the throne and change the Yuan Taishi, and this time the Song envoy Wang Daolong brought Liu Ziye's head.

Zhao Junsheng summoned his ministers to meet with the Song envoy Wang Daolong in the Zichen Palace.

"Zhuqing, you all know what happened in the Southern Dynasty, Wang Daolong brought Liu Ziye's head this time, trying to calm my anger with Liu Ziye's head, what should you do?"

Minister Lu Xuan stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, the Southern Dynasty is indeed enough to give my court an explanation for the killing of the envoy Song Mengkang, if the dynasty still sends troops, I am afraid that I will not get the support of the people, and this will also completely anger the Liu Song dynasty and the opposition, so that they give up the fight and work together against our army, the minister suggests to abandon this plan to send troops, and order the recall of all the soldiers and horses that have already set out!" ”

Dongfang Chen immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, for Gong Li's words, the old minister does not dare to agree!" Now I am gathering troops and horses in the direction of the Lujiang River, and the manpower and material resources used are innumerable, if I order the collection of troops at this time, not only the loss is immeasurable, but also the prestige of the court and His Majesty will be lost. ”

Zhao Junsheng frowned, Lu Xuan was right, what Dongfang Chen said was also very reasonable, whether this battle should be fought or not? If you don't fight, you will have to transfer back the army from all walks of life, and the military order will not be child's play, and such an order will definitely make the soldiers dissatisfied.

But if the army is dispatched, there is no reason for the great cadres to be there, and Liu Song sent the emperor's head over, which is actually a great shame for Liu Song, and if the Qianguo is still unforgiving and aggressive at this time, I am afraid that it will really arouse the hatred of the army and the people of Liu Song and the whole country.

Zhao Junsheng looked at Pei Jin and asked, "Pei Shangshu, what is your opinion?" ”

Pei Jin stood up and said: "Your Majesty, thousands of calculations, I just didn't expect that Liu Yu would seize and cut off Liu Ziye's head at this time and send it over, in the final analysis, the killing of our envoy Song Mengkang is still a matter when Liu Ziye was in power, and now Liu Yu is in power, he has sent Liu Ziye's head, and Song Mengkang's killing can be regarded as an explanation. ”

"Liu Yu first ascended to the throne, the reason why he was able to sit on the throne was because he had the support of his brothers, but Liu Ziye's brothers would not agree, according to their ideas, Liu Ziye died, no matter what, the throne should be done by their brothers, what does it have to do with Liu Yu, the imperial uncle? Ruochen's expectations are not bad, as long as our dynasty stops the plan to send troops, Liu Ziye's brothers and kings will definitely oppose Liu Yu, and the two of them will definitely fight, as long as they fight, then it will be the time for our dynasty to take advantage of their internal strife to send troops! ”

Zhao Junsheng thought about it, Pei Jin said quite reasonably, he frowned and said: "What Pei Gong said is not unreasonable, but all the men and horses of our army have set off, and the grain and grass have been shipped one after another. ”

Pei Jin said: "Your Majesty don't worry, when Your Majesty ordered the transfer of troops from all over the country, he did not say that it was to attack Liu Song, but ordered them to move to Lujiang to assemble, the minister thought that there was no need to transfer back the people and horses from all walks of life, and then pass on an order, let them go to the nearest city, camp on the spot outside the city for drills, and wait for new orders while practicing. ”

Zhao Junsheng clapped his hands and smiled after listening: "Good! This can not only deal with the southern Korean side, but also send troops to the south at any time, but it will only consume some more grain and grass, so let's do it! By the way, is the envoy of the Southern Dynasty Wang Daolong here? ”

The eunuch outside the palace walked in and reported: "Back to Your Majesty, the envoy of the Southern Dynasty, Wang Daolong, has arrived outside the palace gate, waiting for Your Majesty to summon you!" ”

"Xuan!"

The eunuch immediately walked outside the hall and shouted: "Wang Daolong, the envoy of the Song State of the Xuannan Dynasty, has come to see you!" ”

Soon, Wang Daolong walked into the main hall and saluted: "Wang Daolong, the envoy of the Song State, see His Majesty the Great Qiandi!" ”

"Excuse me!"

Zhao Junsheng asked, "What do you think about Lord Wang's envoy to my court this time?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, don't dare, don't dare! I am here for the case of your envoy Song Mengkang being killed in our country! ”

"Oh? Last time, I asked Honglu Temple to send a note to your country, asking you to give an explanation to our country within a month, according to the time when the note was delivered, today is exactly a month, I wonder how your country plans to give me an explanation in this case? ”

Wang Daolong said: "Your Majesty, this matter is all because the former deposed emperor Liu Ziye was deceived by Hua Yuan'er, a close servant around him, and ordered to send the inner guards to secretly kill Song Mengkang and others, and now Liu Ziye and Hua Yuan'er have been retributed, and these two boxes are their heads, and please take a look at them!" ”

"In addition, I ascended the throne to the new emperor, in order to show respect for His Majesty, my emperor sent a letter of state to His Majesty, my country is willing to pay tribute to the great cadres, my emperor is willing to respect His Majesty as a father, this is a letter of state, please look at Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "Open the box for Zhu Qing to see, and present the national letter!" ”

The old eunuch immediately instructed the two eunuchs to walk over, one to open the box, and the other to take the national credentials and send them to Zhao Junsheng.

An official from Honglu Temple stood up and said to Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, the minister has sent an envoy to Liu Song, and he has seen Liu Ziye and his close attendant Hua Yuan'er, and this head is theirs!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded, opened the letter of state, looked at it, raised his head and said to Wang Daolong: "Lord Wang, in the matter of Song Mengkang's killing, the explanation given by your country makes me quite satisfied, your country is a vassal to our country, and the emperor of your country respects me as a father, I also reluctantly accept it, but this annual tribute has to be added a little!" ”

Wang Daolong hurriedly asked, "I don't know what Your Majesty means to increase the tribute?" ”

"Half of the previous one!"

Wang Daolong thought about it for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Yes!" ”

"Hahaha······ Well, the mission of Lord Wang's trip is also completed, and tomorrow night I will hold a banquet in the palace, and Lord Wang must come! ”

Wang Daolong said again: "Thank you for your kindness!" It's just that I heard that your country is sending troops to the south, so don't you want to send troops to our court? Since Your Majesty is satisfied with our court's explanation, shouldn't you withdraw your troops and maintain peace between our two countries? ”

Zhao Junsheng asked rhetorically: "Lord Wang, who told you that I am going to attack your country by mobilizing troops and horses?" This is just a routine large-scale transfer of our military in the DPRK, the purpose is to transfer soldiers and horses from various places to conduct drills, and our military department will also send officials to check the effect of the drill, I call this drill the autumn exercise, and their marching destination is not to Jiangbei, only a few days before Lord Wang will know? ”

"Really? That must be a mistake in the next news, I'm really sorry, the minister apologizes to His Majesty! ”