Chapter 54, the Royal Pen
Wang Gong plotted for Li Rong, and sure enough, Suo was successfully arrested. The fastest update is mainly based in Zhongshu Province, and it is impossible for him to have a trilogy guard next to him, and he is not Dong Zhuo after all; And the Liangzhou soldiers standing guard at the door are again. Immediately, Li Rong urgently reported to Liang Fen and Xun Song, asking the second duke to come quickly and issue an edict to control the whole city and stabilize the situation.
In fact, Wang Gong also said in advance that it is not difficult to take the rope, and it is the most difficult thing to stabilize Chang'an City after it is over, rather than making a mess of porridge. "Are you sure Liang Fen has agreed to my request? Li Rong was inconvenient to say clearly, so he had to hint: "If it is done, except for the Son of Heaven, only Situ is the supreme." "Don't worry, the old gentleman will definitely come out when the time comes.
While waiting for Liang and Xun to arrive, Li Rong finally revealed his true face from the crowd, and he approached Hua Heng, suggesting that the other party personally copied another copy of the fake book, and when Xun Song came over, he could reprint it. Seeing that since Hua Jing is more sensitive, he will turn the tent in time, so he must not push it back, so where is there any fake edict? It's real.
As for Liang and Xun, they naturally have already received the news that the incident will happen tonight, although they don't know the specific time and steps, they are all dressed in official clothes and waiting in fear in the mansion. Xun Song pondered how to escape from the city once he was defeated, Wang Gong pretended to comfort him, saying that he had already made careful arrangements, and Liang Fen was thinking about how he would get rid of it after the defeat...... After receiving the report, the two were overjoyed and hurriedly ordered the car to gallop into the forbidden area. Liang Fen went to appease the Son of Heaven first, and Xun Song began to preside over the work in Shangshutai as Shangshu's right servant.
The first stamp covered by Xun Jingyou is the edict of arrest Suo copied by Hua Heng; Then the second copy was issued, ordering the large and small cities of Chang'an to be under martial law, and all the armies were temporarily commanded by Beigong Chun, with Luo Yao and Li Yi as their deputies; The third book was made, and troops were sent to surround Suofu and arrest Nasuo's family and imprisoned; the fourth book, overnight search for Song Zhe, Liang Wei and other close ministers; The last book was made, so that Li Rong entered the Shangshutai.
However, Li Rong's qualifications are too young after all, and his starting point is not high, so it is impossible to directly serve as Shangshu, so he dismissed Shangshu Zuo Cheng Zang Zhen and went home to wash his pants and replaced him with Li Zhongsi. In this regard, Xun Song, Hua Heng, and Li Rong worked closely with the upper, middle and lower levels, and firmly controlled the power of Shangshu Province.
To say that Xun Song has also been a bureaucrat for many years, although he has neither the talent to control, nor the wisdom of the government, and few decisions, but since Suo Ye has been bound, there are only some things left to take the procedure for granted, and his efficiency is still quite high.
On the other hand, Liang Fen entered the palace to ask for advice, but Sima Ye had not slept yet, and was taken aback when he heard the report, and hurriedly called him into the palace. Seeing that the other party was solemn, he asked, "What is the matter with Situ here?" Could it be that Hu Kou is coming to intrude again? But Pei Shizhong rushed to the rescue. β
Liang Fen bowed and said: "Hu Kou has been expelled for Pei Wenyu, Your Majesty can have no worries." However, Suo's dictatorship is arbitrary, he used to degrade Lu Zhongke, and now he wants to harm Pei Wenyue, but he wants to destroy the Great Wall of Jin, which seems to be for the Hu people! The minister was forced to be helpless, but ordered Shangshu Huajing to draft an edict, and the servant shot Xun Jingyou for review, deprived of all positions, and will be imprisoned. Failed to play the Son of Heaven first, although he was helpless, he was also good at it, and he came to ask for sin. As he spoke, he reached out and took off the crown from his head and placed it beside him.
Sima Ye was stunned for a long time, and then said: "It is true that Suo is domineering, but I am afraid that he will not be ...... for the Hu people."
Liang Fen replied with a sad expression: "Yes or no, it doesn't matter, how can the former king Yifu be between slaves?" However, once he was in charge of the army, he lost 100,000 troops and made the first emperor dusty, what is the difference between it and it? Your Majesty is clear. β
Sima Ye smiled bitterly: "Situ, isn't this a reappearance of the past Yan Ding?" Of course, he would recall that Yan Dingzhi was attacked and killed by Suo, Koji and the Liang brothers that day, and said in his heart that it has only been a few years, and history will repeat itself? Yes, I'm too young to be a member of the council, so you act on your own initiative, and only ask for recognition afterwards, so I will endure it; But the question is, the country is already in this way, why can't they work together, but still tilt each other?
Liang Fen replied: "Your Majesty, Xi Suo and Koji harmed Yan Taichen, purely out of selfishness, not for official business, and after they took power, they could not control Hu, so that I was repeatedly lost, and Chang'an was in danger. Today's ministers do not want to represent their autocratic power, but in fact, they welcome Pei Wen's appointment to Beijing to assist His Majesty. Pei Mou was in Dali before, with a few people, chasing Liu Yao to the north, his wisdom and courage are like Jia Yandu's regeneration, then he will be able to be a good appearance, first set the Guanzhong, and then restore the community. The minister is now asking for the guilt and asking for the dismissal of the officer, that is, he shows that he does not want to seize power and traps him. β
Sima Ye sighed, and immediately went down in person, helped Liang Fen up with both hands, picked up the Liang crown, helped the old man put it back on, and said in his mouth: "Situ is a pillar of the country, how can he abandon me?" That being the case, please teach me how to do it. β
Liang Fen arched his hand and said: "When Pei Wen is urgently summoned, he will be appointed as an assistant to Chang'an." β
Sima Ye said okay, then you can do it. Liang Fen pleaded: "I also hope that Your Majesty will give you the imperial pen and pay the book." β
Sima Yexin said that before the rope was captured, you didn't want to show me a little wind, but now you want me to put down the pen? Forget it, then I'll write you a note.
Although the imperial pen of the Son of Heaven is actually only politically authoritative, and does not have legal effect, just like Liang Fen, as Situ, the other two main three princes of the courtiers, and the other two ministers who are higher than him, the prime minister, and the great Sima are all in the field, but what officials do he want to dismiss, who to arrest, if there is no edict from Shangshu, it is also an empty word. But if the upper and lower desires are the same, the confidence of the Shangshu edict will be harder, and the book will be made with the Son of Heaven called "can", and it will be easier for the ministers to abide by it, so Liang Fenxin said that since the matter was reported to the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven should not be idle, and help write a sentence.
Sima Ye immediately took a pen and paper and wrote: "Immediately stop the request, and order Pei to enter the court and act as his assistant." β
Liang Fen took it with both hands, glanced at it with his old eyes, and couldn't help but rejoice that the Son of Heaven was so smart! I just asked you to write that Pei should enter the court, but I didn't ask you to posthumously recognize the recall request, and the result was more than you wanted. With the four words of the opening chapter written by the Son of Heaven, the legitimacy of our coup d'Γ©tat is beyond reproach, and there is no specific date marked below anyway.
From this, we can declare to the outside world that it was not I, Liang Situ, who ordered it to Shangshu Province, but the Son of Heaven conveyed this note to Shangshu through my hand.
Early the next morning after the incident, Yin Qiao and Wang Gongcai sent a fast horse to Wannian to inform Pei Gai, saying that Suo had been captured, and the book would be made soon, so you should quickly pack up and go to Chang'an; As a result, less than a quarter of an hour later, the letter of appointment to Pei Gai issued by Shang Shutai also left the city and hit the road. The person who announced the edict was Pei Tong, the younger brother of the Pei tribe and the Chinese scholar.
Because not long ago, he had just taken away the title of general of the Ko Yun chariot and transferred it to Pei Gai, so it was inconvenient to add an official to Pei Gai so quickly, so the position remained unchanged, but with the title of Shangshu's left servant, Lu Shangshushi, and the title of the governor of the capital, he was ordered to return to the court and the auxiliary government.
After Pei should get the report, he led the soldiers and horses that were stationed in the 10,000-year-old to Chang'an, because he was afraid that things would be repeated, so he hurriedly traveled, more than 100 miles of road, and arrived in less than two days. Looking at the ruined city wall of Chang'an from afar, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "I'm back again." In less than half a year, I calmed down Kansai and took a solid first step! β
To be honest, Liang Fen and the others moved so fast and the tail of their hands was so clean, which was beyond his expectations. Originally, Pei Gai didn't have much hope for an old bureaucrat like Liang Fen, and only hoped that he would stir up chaos in Chang'an City, so no matter whether he succeeded or not, whoever won or lost, he could get the righteous title of leading his division into the king of Jingqin. It's just that in this way, it is inevitable to fight in the last game, although there is no suspense about the outcome of the battle, but I am afraid of causing more unnecessary damage to the country. And if Suo holds the Son of Heaven hostage, or flees without a trace like Ko Yun, it will be a lot of trouble to clean up.
Lu Yun was instructed by Pei to indulge Wen Lang, and the reason was just as Liang Fen expected Since Lu wanted to attach himself to Sima Bao, let him go, if not, I can't find any excuse to use soldiers. Sima Bao cut off the Longdao, not only cut off Qinzhou, but also blocked the road for Liangzhou to reinforce Guanzhong, this situation must not be allowed to continue for a long time.
However, Suo is different from Ko Yun after all, he has a certain military ability, and his prestige is slightly higher than Ko Yun. Suo is indeed arbitrary and jealous, not good at uniting colleagues, and finally ends up betraying his relatives, but those who have not been in direct contact with him may not understand this, he has been in power for several years, and he has been in power for several years, and he has been antagonistic with Lu Yun and Sima Bao, maybe there are fools who think that he is a lord to rely on, or a reliable friend. Therefore, the danger of getting lost is much more serious than that of Ko Yun's escape.
However, unexpectedly, Liang Fen and the others seemed to have taken the rope easily. There was a more detailed explanation in the letter from Yin Qiao and Wang Gong, and then Pei Tong arrived at Wannian to announce the decree, and Pei Gai asked him in detail about the whole process. Although Pei Tong did not actually participate in the matter, it can also be reflected from the side observation that the inverted rope faction acted very quickly, and the beginning and end were quite clean.
Pei Gai roughly restored the whole incident in his heart, and knew that Li Rong was the one who contributed the most, and Wang Gong and Beigong Chun played the most critical roles, and Liang Fen was actually the same as Xun Song, who was only responsible for the finishing work. However, the work of his subordinates, after all, cannot be counted as part of the leader's head, if there is no Pei should be sent, Wang Gong and Beigong Chun will naturally not be able to play a role, and if there is no Liang Fen's approval and support, Li Rong is also powerless.
It seems that Liang Situ is more shrewd than he originally expected. If this old slippery man doesn't spend his main energy on hiding and fleeing, and governs honestly, he may be considered a barely usable talent.
Liang Fen personally led hundreds of officials out of the city to greet him, Pei should pay tribute to the juniors, and then took his hand and said: "The country is rejuvenated, and Situ Shi is the first to make the contribution." Liang Fen carefully looked at Pei Gai's expression, and only after hanging his heart for several days did he put it down, the other party was not dissatisfied, and my position was kept for the time being.
Then Pei Gai asked, "Where is Suo?" β
Liang Fen suddenly showed a sad look on his face, and sighed and said, "It's a pity that he was afraid of his crime and committed suicide by taking poison in prison. β
Pei Gai was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said in his heart that there was no such thing in the original plan, who made this out? Will Suo Juxiu commit suicide? In the original history, he didn't commit suicide when Chang'an was besieged, he didn't commit suicide when Chang'an City was broken, he didn't commit suicide when he was taken to Pingyang, and he had to help Hu people help him end his unfaithful life, how could he commit suicide?
Because of the seven charges that Liang Fen and others put on Suo, what kind of unauthorized power, deceiving the Son of Heaven, killing ministers, etc., are not enough to cause his death crime, why should he commit suicide in a hurry? I don't know if this matter is Wang Gong's expertise, or Liang Fen and that Li Rong's idea?
But that's okay, I'm thinking about how to deal with Suo, that guy hasn't ushered in the end of his life in the original history, and he hasn't made a bastard thing of using the Son of Heaven as a threat and asking Hu Kou for an official, and with his old skills, it seems that it is inconvenient to kill. In this way, I save my brain cells.
At the moment, he also pretended to sigh gloomily and said, "It's a pity." Xuan said to Liang Fen: "Since he committed suicide, it can be seen that he has a sense of repentance, so he can be pardoned and buried with a courtesy." Liang Fen nodded again and again: "Pei Gong is generous." β
Pei Gai asked again, what about Suo's family? He knew that Suo had an adult son, and according to the history books, Suo Juxiu later asked Liu Yao for an official, that is, he sent his son to go, but Liu Yao rejected him and slaughtered his son. Liang Fen replied: "The Suo's family has been imprisoned, and it can be said that it is far away. β
Pei Gai shook his head: "Why bother...... They may be temporarily detained, and they may be pardoned immediately in case of pardon. "If you kill the rope, you don't have to sin against your wife and children anymore. Besides, now that the imperial court can control such a small area, where are you going to exile them? If it falls into the hands of the remnants of the party, or even Sima Bao and Sima Rui, and uses them as political bargaining chips, how bad is it?
After Pei Gai entered the city, he first made Zhen Sui and others lead his troops to garrison the big and small cities, and ordered the original troops of Chang'an, except for the Liangzhou soldiers under Luo Yao, to all drive out of the city and accept the reorganization. Then he went to meet Sima Ye, who was kind and comforting, and said: "President Rong Zheng, and Situ and others work together to rebuild the society, I have high hopes for Yuqing." Pei Gaibai replied: "The minister dares to be disrespectful and obtuse, expel Hu Kou, and restore China!" β
Immediately without resting, he turned to Shangshu Province and fulfilled his authority to "record Shangshu affairs". The key is that Liang Fen and the others are afraid that Pei should not like it, except for stuffing Li Rong into Shangshutai, all the other personnel promotion orders are temporarily pressed, and they will not make a final decision until Pei should come, even if they are meritorious ministers, they must be rewarded by Pei Cai, right?
Of course, in order to appease the people, for the soldiers who participated in the incident that night, the treasury was deliberately opened to pay each other with money and food. This was Li Rong's idea, and Liang Fen hesitated: "Now the king of Nanyang has cut off Longdao, he has been half a year old, and there is a lack of food in Chang'an City. Once the surplus wealth of the government treasury is dispersed, how will it be supported in the future? β
Li Rong said with a smile: "If you don't reward it, I'm afraid that the soldiers will be resentful, and Chang'an will be unstable." As for the future, Pei Gong came to support him, so why bother? β
Therefore, Pei Cai had to give an order to urgently transfer food and materials from Dali to Chang'an, but fortunately, he captured a lot from Liu Yao on the same day, and there were actually not many people in Chang'an City, so it was easy to support it after a month or two.