Chapter 69: Spreading Rumors
Everyone's life wants to get different things, some people for money, some people for supreme power, some people for the love of the heart, some people, for a good name, or for the rest of their lives, they want to surpass the barrier.
In Su Yu's view, the current emperor has spent all his steps in the shadow of his brother Yanli from following his brother Yanli when he was young, to Yan Li's murder and ascension to the throne, and then to the last moment of his life.
In fact, Su Yu felt that in the years when the emperor was still in good health, he could be regarded as diligent and loving the people, but in the hearts of the people, the influence of the virtuous king Yanli was too huge, no matter what the emperor did, it seemed so insignificant and difficult to surpass, and the emperor ascended the throne with the help of the Wei family, and the Wei family was always indispensable between political affairs.
The rise of Liang Hong's power is some of the means that the emperor did to suppress Wei Tong, and Liang Hong may really understand the emperor's painstaking efforts, and work with the emperor step by step, until the power of the eunuch mansion becomes the most advantageous weapon used by the emperor to fight against Wei Tong.
But the emperor didn't expect that Liang Hong's sharp sword, after he was seriously ill, and even when he was dying, it turned into an extremely sharp and uncontrollable double blade.
Liang Hong has secretly inquired for so many years, and he must have known that the death of the virtuous king Yanli was the emperor's manipulation behind the scenes, and even that uncle Wei Tong was just a chess piece in the hands of the emperor back then.
But in the end, when Liang Hong, led by Liang Hong, was the murderer of the death finger of the virtuous king Yanli, he tried his best to make a big move, and only pointed out one Wei Tong. I am afraid that Liang Hong has already figured out the emperor's mind and knows that he wants to surpass his brother Yanli in reputation in his life, and in the end, he will definitely refuse to be accused of poisoning his brother, so he can only blame Wei Tong for this crime.
In this way, the emperor ordered to punish Wei Tong, leaving a name of righteousness, and Wei Tong assisted the second prince to ascend the throne, and the strength of his subordinates is not something that can be eliminated by a holy decree now, so the uncle Wei Tong will definitely disobey the holy decree and take the opportunity to seize the throne, and Liang Hong helped the widow of King Baoxian to withdraw from the capital, and claimed elsewhere to rebel against the traitor Wei Tong and recruit troops to revolt, which is also justified.
This is on the one hand, Su Yujue's, maybe the royal family also has favors, the emperor was poisoned by power back then, and he was unwilling to live in the shadow of his brother for the rest of his life, so he assisted his brother all the way to the end, and he took all the fruits alone.
But after what I have experienced in life, I will always feel nostalgic, when Mr. was in Qingyunling, no matter what kind of unhappiness they had with the current emperor, but when it comes to it, Mr. will sigh and say that when the emperor was young, he was also a high-spirited teenager.
I don't know if the emperor secretly regretted it when he dreamed back at night after killing his brother who loved him, but now, the decision made by the emperor when he was dying made everything seem to have returned to the starting point, back to the time when the two brothers fought for the world together.
It's just that now, going around and around, I have become the next generation.
Everything has become a new beginning.
After Xiao Yi got the news of Zicheng, he hurried to the capital, because of the turmoil in the DPRK and China, the old general and the old lady were still in Beijing, and the officials who were good to the Xiao family, and even the family members of those officials, would be struggling in this storm of power, and they didn't know the way forward.
Among the generals stationed in various parts of Daliang, the people who are interested in the Xiao family account for the majority, if Wei Tong gives orders to the Son of Heaven at this time, then he will definitely infiltrate the Wei family's comrades step by step into all parts of the border passes, which is a huge exchange of blood for the soldiers in the battalion, although everything must have a reason, Wei Tong's more important thing at the moment is to stabilize the capital to pacify the dynasty, and move towards the Xiao family's army, it will take some time, but everything is prepared for a rainy day, so as not to be passive, so Xiao Yi now has to enter the capital, from there, Caught in a bloody battle.
Su Yu originally rode a horse back to the capital with Xiao Yi, but halfway through the journey, Su Yu always thought about the matter of the widow of the virtuous king, so he discussed with Xiao Yi for a while halfway, and planned to go to Xichuan alone to take a look.
Xiao Yi couldn't rest assured, but he couldn't leave it, so he had to send Zicheng to go with Su Yu, Su Yu knew that Xiao Yi was now the time to use people, and between husband and wife, she should have gone to help, but she was worried about Tang Zhe in her heart, and she really couldn't rest assured, so she nodded her head and answered, and when Xiao Yi and Zicheng discussed things at night, she left a simple letter, rode a horse alone, and went to Xichuan.
When I was in Qingyunling, I imagined it by everyone, and in the road map of the wandering rivers and lakes drafted by the scholar, there was an idea of Xichuan in the past, so Su Yu relied on his memory to go to Xichuan, and he also knew a rough idea, but Su Yu often believed in a sentence that there was a mouth under the nose and legs under the stomach.
Although Liang Hong has now brought a group of his fellow parties and retreated to Xichuan one after another, Wei Tong is now only concerned about rectifying the chaotic dynasty and stabilizing the people's hearts, and has not yet found time to immediately provoke a war and send troops to attack Xichuan, so along the pass, all the way to Xinliang, the capital of Xichuan, although there are heavy guards, but it is not completely martial law, Su Yu rode a horse all the way and endured many checks, but it is not so difficult for a woman to enter the city.
Entering Xinliang, the customs here are different from the border or Qingzhou, whether it is the surrounding buildings, people's behavior and habits, or dressing, all with a strong regional style.
After a few turns on the street, looking for the most lively and prosperous inn in the city, Su Yu rested for a while, then sat in the lobby of the inn, simply ordered a few kinds of wine and food, sat in a corner of the lobby, quietly listened to the people coming and going, and talked to each other.
stayed for more than an hour, plus what Su Yu heard in the city before, and also came up with a few more complete stories.
And people talk a lot, that is, a few days ago, Liang Hong just arrived in Xichuan, the original owner of Xichuan Lao Yan is quite the former minister of the virtuous king Yanli, although the fire in the palace has passed so many years, but the position of the virtuous king Yanli in the heart of this old subordinate has not changed at all, so as soon as I heard that the child of the virtuous king Yanli has been found, and it is very dangerous, and he has fled here, so he opened the gate of Xichuan and welcomed Liang Hong and the child of the virtuous king Yan Zhe into the city.
After arriving in the city, not only Lao Yanpo, but also all the people in the city, thought that the children of Xianwang Yanli were coming, so their good days would definitely come, because the favor left by Xianwang Yanli to the people many years ago has not faded in people's hearts.
In the first few days, maybe everything was expected by Lao Yan Po, but slowly, Lao Yan Po found that most of the officials under his command were obedient to Liang Hong, and the people brought by Liang Hong infiltrated all corners of Xichuan at a very fast speed, as if the previous road had been dredged extremely smooth, and now it was just a matter of water, and everything was already in the arrangement of the caring people.
The most serious thing is not this matter, if the other party is a person from the virtuous king Yanli, then Lao Yan Po can also accept it with peace of mind, but that Lao Yan Po actually found that not only the officials under him, but even the son of Yan Zhe, are a little submissive and only listen to Liang Hong's orders.
With such an atmosphere, the old Yan Po couldn't look past it, so he began to block some of Liang Hong's orders or suggestions, and Liang Honggang made some concessions and patience at the beginning, but after a long time, he found that Lao Yan Po still couldn't see the current form stubbornly, so he took some insidious means to poison the old minister Yan Po, and then helped the eldest son Yan Yong, who was ridiculous and absurd, and took the position of the lord of Xichuan.
And the eunuch Liang Hong is now holding Xichuan in his hands for the time being.
This rumor is logically extremely unfavorable to Liang Hong, and Lao Yan Po is dead, and it is reasonable for his son to ascend to the throne, but if Lao Yan Po was really poisoned and not an accident, then Liang Hong should also be extremely secretive, so as not to be charged with a sinister and vicious murder like now.
When this topic started, Su Yu noticed a middle-aged man in his early thirties in the corner, the man was of medium stature, with a face hidden under the bib, a little unreally, but he always pulled everything back when the topic was about to change in the crowd, and claimed that someone saw it with his own eyes that it was Liang Hong who poisoned Yan Po.
Onlookers are clear, most of the people sitting here are local people in Xichuan, Lao Yan Po was able to become Yan Li's courtier before, and he must have been deeply influenced by him, so for so many years, although Yan Li is gone, but Lao Yan Po treats the people of Xichuan as always, as a relative, and now Lao Yan Po is dead, the people of Xichuan are sorry, heartache, and people have heard that person tell some of Liang Hong's vicious deeds of killing the enemy back then, and they also began to shake their heads and regret, and even some indignation.
It has been rumored that this thing has always been like a snowball rolling on a hillside, and the speed of development will only get faster and wider.
Su Yu watched, and after the man pushed people's topics and emotions up, he saw a group of officers and soldiers rushing over on the street outside, so he pressed his hat and left here in a hurry from the back door of the inn.
Su Yu put down his chopsticks and followed, his steps were fast, and he was still thinking in his head, wondering if this person would be a spy sent by Wei Tong in the capital to shake the hearts of Liang Hong's people in Xichuan.
But in an instant, Su Yu thought again, it should be unlikely, because if it was someone sent by Wei Tong, he would not talk about Yan Po and Xichuan, he would be so familiar, and if Wei Tong fought back, he would definitely not only send a spy to damage his reputation, in that case, it would be better to let the new emperor come down with a holy decree and directly charge Liang Hong with a crime of rebellion.