Liaodong.

On the banks of the Yalu River, a domestic city.

Palace.

King Gao Jianwu had an invitation on his desk, which was sent by Yuan Taizuo. Along with this invitation, there was another recital from Yuan Taizuo.

On the grounds that he was old and sick, Yuan Taizuo asked the king to resign from the post of Goguryeo Mo, and he asked the king to be succeeded by his eldest son, Yuan Gai Suwen.

And that invitation was that Yuan Taizuo invited the king and Eulzhi Wende and other ministers to his mansion for a banquet.

"What is Yuan Taizuo's idea again?" Echiwende knelt before the king with a puzzled face.

"I've heard people say that Yuan Taizuo seems to be dying, he hasn't gotten out of bed for several days, and it is said that he can't eat, and he can only drink some porridge every day, and he is estimated to die." When Gao Jianwu said that Yuan Taizuo was going to die, there was no regret on his face, but a kind of excitement overflowed on the surface.

Since the rebellion of the five tribes of that year, the Yuan family, which controls the east, has actually long controlled the northern region north of the Yalu River, and the royal family can only retreat to the northern part of the Korean Peninsula south of the Yalu River.

Gao Yuan worked hard for many years to build the royal family's Praetorian Guard, but he still failed to overpower the Yuan clan.

If it weren't for the Yuan clan's seizure of power, Goguryeo would not have been able to defeat the Sui Dynasty, which was the idea of Gao Jianwu and many royal families and royalists. They think that the last time the Sui army razed Pyongyang, it was the Yuan clan. If the Yuan clan could stop it a little, it wouldn't be like this.

"It would be fine if Yuan Taizuo really died." Eozji Road.

"Since he is going to die, why should he let his son continue to be Mo Lizhi?"

The Yuan clan has held the position of Mo Lizhi for several generations, and the Yuan clan has used this position to control the government, suppress the royal family, and usurp the royal power. Now that Yuan Taizuo is dying, Gao Jianwu thinks that it is time to take back Mo Lizhi's position.

"I think that the position of Mo Lizhi should be held by you, the marshal."

But he was silent.

He was thinking about the possible consequences if he did. After the Wubu Rebellion that year, a delicate balance situation was barely formed in which the north was controlled by the Yuan clan and the south was protected by the king.

The hereditary position of the Yuan clan is also the guarantee of this balanced situation.

If it is broken now, no one knows what the consequences will be.

"Why worry about Wushuai, the Yuan clan has lost the new city and the cities of Liaodong, and the soldiers have been lost, and now the big cities in their hands are only Fuyu, Anshi and Wugu, and the total number of soldiers and horses is less than 100,000."

Gao Jianwu believes that as long as the old guy Yuan Taizuo dies, there will be no need to be afraid of Yuan Gai Suwen anymore, after all, Yuan Gai Suwen is young, does not have the prestige of his father, and has just lost Liaodong City, and his descendants have suffered heavy losses.

When Yuan Taizuo dies, the royal family can win the support of the Shen Ya, and then it will be able to take over the Yuan clan.

"It's better to take your time first, don't be in a hurry." Eozji Road.

Night falls.

In the city, the Mo Lizhi Mansion of the Yuan clan was decorated with lanterns, and Yuan Taizuo invited the king and the nobles today, and it was said that he wanted to ask the king to let Yuan Gai Suwen inherit the Mo Lizhi one.

There was a lot of traffic in front of the door.

The robes worn by Yuangai Suwen today were all decorated with gold, and he also wore five long and short knives on his body. He was tall, and his beard was exquisitely repaired, and this outfit was indeed very extravagant.

More and more guests are coming.

Although rumors of Yuan Taizuo's death are everywhere, and the Yuan clan has also lost several big cities in Liaodong in the past two years, and its strength has dropped significantly, the Yuan clan still has no less than 100,000 soldiers in hand, and it is still the strongest among all the tribes.

Even if it is the royal family, there are only 80,000 soldiers now, which is not as good as the Yuan clan.

By the time almost all the guests arrived, they still hadn't seen Ulzhiwende and the king.

Yuan's house.

Yuan Taizuo sat in the study, wearing a military uniform, how could he look like he was about to die.

"Haven't you come yet?"

"Not yet, but apart from them, the rest of the noble ministers have arrived."

"If they don't arrive, they can't do it, continue to wait, and then send someone to invite, let the boy invite, he is the eldest grandson of our Yuan clan, and it is more sincere for him to invite."

"Father, what if they really don't come?" Yuan Jiantu asked.

Yuan Taizuo stroked a horizontal knife in his hand, which was a treasure knife purchased at a high price from the Sui Dynasty, extremely sharp, full of jewelry and gold ornaments.

"If you don't come, then kill all the royal family members and ministers first, and then we will kill the palace."

Yuan Jiantu swallowed, "But father, now inside and outside the city, there are the royal family's guards, can we rely on these 1,800 dead soldiers and family members?" ”

"Although it is dangerous, it is not possible to fight, our Yuan clan has reached the verge of destruction, and the balance reached back then has now been completely broken, and the royal family has been planning to calculate us, thinking about how to destroy us. And we are still blocking the front line in Liaodong, and the Sui army may come back at any time, so if we wait any longer, we will be a dead end, only to strike first, and maybe there is a glimmer of life. ”

Ginger is always old and spicy.

Yuan Taizuo is not the kind of person who is willing to sit back and wait for death.

The eldest son of Yuangai Suwen personally went to the palace to invite, and after three invitations, King Gao Jianwu and Marshal Yizhi Wende finally came to the banquet.

Yuangai Suwen greeted him in front of the door, "Please! ”

Yizhi Wende looked at the five knives on Yuangai Suwen's body, "Why do you need to wear knives at today's banquet?" ”

"The marshal has forgotten that when I was in Pyongyang in the past, the people of the country called me the Five Swordsman, these five knives are the best treasure knives I have collected, each of them is worth a thousand gold, and on such an important day today, of course I have to take it out and wear it."

Gao Jianwu smiled, "Yes, Elder Yuan wants to pass on the position of Mo Lizhi to you, I'm afraid you are excited now, right?" ”

"Hehe, I have to get the king's permission." Yuangai Suwen said with a smile.

"Let's go to the feast first, and we'll talk about the rest later." Gao Jian Wudao.

When Gao Jianwu walked into the mansion with his arrogant head, he didn't see the ruthlessness on Gao Jianwu's face.

The king sat down and all the ministers and nobles stood up and saluted.

"Sit down."

Yuan Gai Su Wen came in with five knives, and after he came in, he didn't immediately salute Gao Jianwu, but swept everyone in the hall, and then said with a smile, "Very good, since everyone is here, then I'll send everyone on the road." ”

After saying that, he pulled out the longest knife from the five knives he was wearing.

"Do it!"

As he shouted to kill, groups of dead soldiers rushed in the courtyard, and they rushed in with crossbows and knives.

"Kill! Not a single one is left. Yuangai Suwen said fiercely.

A crossbow nail thud into Eulji Moondeok's chest, and the Goguryeo god of war looked incredulous.

"You dare to plot rebellion?" He couldn't believe that there were tens of thousands of Praetorian Guards loyal to the royal family inside and outside the inner city.

At this time, Yuan Taizuo slowly entered from the outside, wearing armor and holding a long knife, he was in high spirits, "When I kill all of you, those troops will naturally be loyal to my Yuan clan." ”

Crossbow bolts fly.

In the hall, hundreds of noble ministers loyal to the royal family fell to the ground one after another, and in the end, only Gao Jianwu was still standing in the hall.

Yuangai Suwen stepped forward with his sword, "Please pass on the king to my father!" ”

"Traitor!" Gao Jianwu trembled and pointed at him.

Yuangai Suwen cut off one of his arms with a knife, "I hate it when people point their fingers at me, ask you again, do you pass it on?" ”

"Don't think!"

Yuangai Suwen raised his knife and slashed it down, and Gao Jianwu's head rolled to the ground.

"Do you think we can't do anything if we don't say yes? If you don't give it, we take it ourselves! ”

Hacking Gao Jianwu to death, Yuangai Suwen walked up to his father and knelt down, "Please ask your father to inherit the throne of the king of Goguryeo!" ”

Yuan Taizuo nodded, and from then on, the 700-year throne of the Goguryeo royal family's Gao family was over, and the Yuan family of the Shunnu Department officially took his place.

"I, Lord Shunnu of Goguryeo, the patriarch of the Yuan family, Yuan Taizuo, am here today, officially the throne of the king, and the name of the country has been changed to Korea."

Mutiny, successfully kill the king and seize the throne!