Chapter 22: Cannibalism

In 333 A.D., a generation of heroes Shi Le died, Shi Hu immediately led the guards, went to the East Palace, hijacked Shi Hong, and brought it to the palace hall, Shi Hong was weak, seeing Shi Hu leading the troops into the East Palace, he was already stunned, at his mercy, he didn't know how to resist, Shi Hu ordered him to arrest Cheng Yao and Xu Guang for the crime of treason, and summoned Shi Hu to lead the troops into the palace to guard, Shi Hong obeyed, the civil and military officials saw Shi Hong so cowardly, and they were even more afraid of Shi Hu, and no one dared to say a word for Shi Hong.

At this time, Shi Hong calmed down a little, but he was still very frightened and said to Shi Hu: "Uncle Huang is virtuous, I am willing to give up the throne." ”

Shi Hu sneered and said: "Since ancient times, the emperor has died and the crown prince has ascended the throne, how dare this king break the rules."

Shi Hong couldn't cry for a long time, he didn't know how to answer, but he resolutely refused to sit on the emperor's throne, Shi Hu saw this, and said angrily: "If the prince is not competent, the world will criticize the emperor, where is the prestige of the court!"

With that, he drew his sword, ordered the guards to be left and right, set up Shi Hong, and pressed him on the throne. Immediately coerced Emperor Shi Hong to kill Cheng Yao and Xu Guang, and Shi Hong had to agree.

Shi Hong sat on the throne, and Shi Hu would have already written it, appointed him as the prime minister, and commanded the edict of the hundred officials, and asked him to sign and seal it. Shi Hong had no choice but to do so. However, Shi Hu pretended to insist that he would not accept it, and Shi Hong naturally did not dare to push the boat down the river, so he appointed it again and again, and Shi Hu gladly accepted it, and ordered his son Shi Sui to be the son, and his second son Shi Xuan was crowned as the king of Hejian, and the third son Shi Tao was the king of Le'an; The fourth son, Shi Zun, was the king of Qi, and the fifth son, Shi Jian, was the acting king, all of whom were stationed in important places and held the local military and political power.

Soon, Shi Hu coerced Shi Hong to issue an edict, ordering the former emperor Shi Le's civil and military ministers to be reappointed to idle posts in the court, so that his government officials and cronies could serve in key departments in the court. Shi Hong is from. Shi Hu also selected the beautiful women in the palace and the high-quality ones in Shile's chariots, horses, treasures, and utensils, all of which were included in his own government, and Shi Hong was even more afraid to come out.

At this time, Shi Le's wife, Empress Dowager Liu, saw that Shi Hu was in charge of the court, and then secretly summoned Shi Kan of the clan and asked: "Shi Hu usurped the throne, just around the corner, what does the prince plan?"

Shi Kan replied: "The former ministers of the first emperor have been excluded, Shi Hu has led the army for many years, this time he has gained power, the army no longer listens to our orders, the emperor is weak, there is no emergency strategy, I am willing to go out of Yanzhou, push Nanyang Wang Shi Hui as the leader of the alliance, and announce the queen mother's decree to the local guards, and order him to lead the volunteers to recruit the rebels, and it is estimated that the world will respond."

Empress Dowager Liu was overjoyed and said: "The situation is urgent, the prince should leave the city immediately, I am afraid that things will change over time."

Immediately wrote two copies of the edict, one to Shi Kan, and one to the cronies and eunuchs to send to Shi Hui on a fast horse.

Shi Kan got the decree, immediately returned home, changed into the clothes of the people, and led a small number of followers to Yanzhou, but the Yanzhou guard refused to obey the Empress Dowager's decree, and Shi Kan had to flee south to Qiaocheng. Shi Hu received a report from the Yanzhou guards, sent the generals to lead troops and others to pursue, captured Shi Kan, brought him back to Xiangguo, and burned him to death. Shi Hui was too timid to raise troops when he received the edict, and burned the edict.

Shi Hu saw that someone intended to crusade, very angry, and let the emperor Shi Hong issue an edict to recruit Shi Hui to return to Xiangguo, Shi Hui did not dare to disobey, as a result of the arrival in Xiangguo, he was placed under house arrest, Shi Hu ordered someone to interrogate him, Shi Hui had to confess truthfully in order to repay his life. At this time, Empress Dowager Liu's plan was leaked, and Shi Hu sent someone to poison the Empress Dowager to death, and no minister in the court dared to oppose Shi Hu

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After Shi Le became the emperor, he ordered Shi Sheng to guard Guanzhong, and Shi Lang to guard Luoyang, and the two knew that Shi Hu held the emperor hostage and poisoned the queen mother, and they all raised troops from their territories. When Shi Hu heard the news, he left his son Shi Di to guard Xiangguo, personally led 70,000 infantry cavalry to defeat the two, and then defeated Shi Lang at Kim Yong City, captured him alive, and beheaded him after being executed.

Shi Hu took advantage of the victory to march into Guanzhong, and appointed Shi Ting as the vanguard to defeat Shi Sheng. Shi Sheng sent Guo Quan to lead 20,000 Xianbei cavalry as the vanguard to meet the battle, and Shi Sheng led the army to set off close behind. Guo Quan and Shi Ting launched a fierce battle in Tongguan, the Xianbei cavalry galloped, Guo Quan won a big victory, Shi Ting died in battle, Shi Hu had to retreat, fled to Mianchi, Shi Sheng, Guo Quan led the army to pursue the victory, and the corpses of Shi Hu's soldiers were all over the field. had to be trapped in the pond, and then Shi Hu listened to the words of his adopted grandson Ran Min, secretly communicated with the Xianbei generals, promised a lot of money, and the Xianbei cavalry immediately rebelled and attacked Shi Sheng. Shi Sheng was defeated, feared in his heart, and fled back to Chang'an single-handedly, and Guo Quan gathered the remnants of his army and retreated to Shangqi. Shi Sheng was afraid that Chang'an would not be protected, so he ordered the general Jiang Ying to defend the city. He left Chang'an and fled to Jitou Mountain.

When Shi Hu heard that Shi Sheng had fled, he led his army into the pass, conquered Chang'an, and killed Jiang Ying and other guards. The generals were sent to garrison the counties in Guanzhong, and more than 100,000 Han and Hu families from Yongzhou and Qinzhou were relocated to Guandong. Shi Sheng's subordinates took refuge in Shi Hu and killed Shi Sheng at Jitou Mountain, and Shi Hu immediately returned to Xiangguo. Guo Quan learned that Shi Sheng had been defeated and returned to Shi Hu. At this time, Shi Hu had no voice of resistance inside, no soldiers of resistance outside, and he was even more unscrupulous, and Emperor Shi Hong had a slight complaint, and Shi Hu imprisoned him.

At the end of September 334 AD, the emperor Shi Hong, who had been under house arrest, was like ashes, alone with the seal, the ribbon was brought to the gate of the Shihu Palace, kneeling and raising the seal, Shi Hu hurriedly went out to see, Shi Hong explained the intention of Zen to let the emperor take the throne. Shi Hu said unhappily: "The position of the emperor, the world has its own public opinion, why is the emperor like this?" ”

immediately sent someone to send Shi Hong back to the palace, and after Shi Hong returned to the palace, he cried and cried at his biological mother, Concubine Cheng, and said: "My father will not have any more descendants!" Concubine Cheng also hid her face and wept.

At the beginning of 335 AD, Shi Hu, who had long been unable to hold back his ambition to be called the emperor, led his troops into the palace, and abandoned Shi Hong as the king of Haiyang. Shi Hong was relieved, stepped into the car, looked calm, and said to the ministers: "I am not qualified for the great cause of the first emperor, I am ashamed of the ministers, this is also the destiny of heaven, I have nothing to say!"

All the officials wept, and the palace people wept. Shi Hu imprisoned Shi Hong, Shi Hui and other Shi Le princes in the palace, and soon killed all the princes. At the beginning of the following year, Shi Hu ascended the throne as emperor and moved the capital to Yecheng.

However, when the flesh and blood of Hou Zhao occurred, almost at the same time, the Cheng Han in Anshu also had a battle for the throne in China.