Chapter 555: Zhu Wen's Death

Although it is said that it has been decided to give it a go, how to fight is a difficult problem.

Zhu Youqi once served as the commander of the Crane Control Army for a period of time, and the Crane Control Army was Zhu Wen's Son of Heaven army, directly responsible for the guards of the palace.

Although Zhu Youqi is no longer the commander of the Crane Control Army, with his original position and connections, he is confident that he can mix some of the sergeants in the Crane Control Army and send them to the palace.

The key to this is his close subordinate back then, Feng Yange, who is still serving in the Crane Control Army.

Unfortunately, although Feng Yange held a position in the Crane Control Army, his subordinates might not follow his orders to launch a mutiny and kill Zhu Wen.

After all, Zhu Wen's accumulated power for so many years is there, as long as he does not die for a day, the generals below will not dare to act rashly for a day.

Although Feng Yange himself was willing to help Zhu Youqi launch a mutiny, his subordinates were not available; So to launch a mutiny, Zhu Youqi still needs to find a strong army.

Soon, he thought of Han Qing, the current commander of the Left Dragon and Tiger Army.

Han Qing was originally a veteran of the Liang State, and served under Zhu Wen for many years, although because of his relatively mediocre talent, he did not have any significant credit for so many years, but performed inferiorly in many important battles, which eventually led to the defeat of the army.

However, as the saying goes, there is no merit and hard work, Han Qing has been fighting everywhere for so many years, and now his official position is still relatively high, and he is now in command of the Zuo Dragon and Tiger Army, stationed in Luoyang.

When Zhu Youqi found this person, this person was hesitant at first, after all, he had been under Zhu Wen for so many years, and although he often lost battles, he could still be reused, the first reason was because he was loyal to Zhu Wen.

In addition to loyalty, Han Qing also had fear in his heart.

Zhu Wen's coercion for more than 30 years, even though he is old now, still oppresses Han Qing and does not dare to have any dissent.

Therefore, if Zhu Youqi asked him to secretly help a little, it would be fine, but let him rebel and kill the emperor, he would not dare to do such a big thing.

"General Han, you are loyal to Your Majesty, who doesn't know this? But how does Your Majesty treat you meritorious veterans? ”

"At the beginning, you were friendly with General Li Si'an, and General Li Si'an's merits and positions were above you, but after the defeat of Gaoyi, Li Si'an was demoted to Xiangzhou as the assassin, and later he was given death just because of a little thing, didn't the general feel cold?"

In Han Qing's house, Zhu Youqi persuaded with some emotion.

Li Si'an and Han Qing have a lot in common, both of them are veterans who have followed Zhu Wen for many years, but the two are either because of lack of ability, or because of bad luck, in short, the two have not made significant contributions for so many years, but have fought a lot of defeats.

After Li Si'an was denounced as the assassin of Xiangzhou, at the end of last year, Zhu Wen led the army north to Weizhou, and the original plan was to rescue Yan, but later heard that the Jin army did not send troops, so Zhu Wen finally led the army back to rest.

During this period, because Zhu Wen began to march quickly, he arrived in Xiangzhou a few days earlier than planned, but Li Si'an was not prepared at all in a hurry.

Zhu Wen was furious, and felt that Li Si'an acted arbitrarily and recklessly, and he also neglected himself, so he further demoted him to Liuzhou Thorn History.

Soon after, he was ordered to die.

A veteran who had been following for many years was finally killed because of such a trivial matter, and Han Qing and other veterans felt chilled after hearing it.

On the contrary, it was Duan Ning, the assassin of Huaizhou, who had no real skills, let alone any merit and qualifications, but because he was good at greeting, he did a very good job in taking over the driver, and sent his sister to Zhu Wen's side, so he was reused by Zhu Wen and was promoted to Zhengzhou Assassin in a short period of time.

Zhu Wen acted like this, making Han Qing and other veterans deviate from morality one by one.

If it weren't for Zhu Wen's years of suppression, coupled with the threat from the outside Wu State and the Jin State, I am afraid that someone in the Liang State would have rebelled long ago.

At this time, listening to Zhu Youqi mention Li Si'an's matter, Han Qing couldn't help but feel moved in his heart.

Zhu Youqi couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw his expression.

He continued: "General, Xiao Wang heard that there is some discord between you and King Bo, and the Zuo Dragon and Tiger Army is stationed in Luoyang, even if Your Majesty does not move you for the sake of the general's past achievements, how can the general guarantee the future?" ”

Han Qing was even more moved when he heard this, but after he pondered for a while, he still said: "This matter is too risky, Rong Ben will think about it!" ”

Zhu Youqi couldn't help but be anxious, and now Zhu Wen has issued an edict, denigrating him as the assassin of Laizhou, and even ordering him to go on the same day.

Although Zhu Youqi found an excuse to delay temporarily, it was only a day or two at most, and if the general trend could not be reversed in these two days, then he could only go to Laizhou and wait for death.

He exclaimed, "Does the general intend to trust his life entirely on His Majesty's benevolence and King Bo's generosity?" Does the general think that both of them are the kind of lenient nature? ”

Han Qing's body was shocked, and the hesitation on his face was even greater.

Counting on Zhu Wen and Zhu Youwen's kindness, it is naturally impossible.

Of course, Han Qing would not be fooled by Zhu Youqi so easily.

Although he was worried that King Zhu Wen and King Bo would not let him go in the future, this was only a little worry, and there was no sign of it now.

Although Zhu Wen is brutal and easy to kill, he only dares to kill those minor officials who are not very important, and he is still very cautious about those generals who command the army, and he will not do it at will.

After all, the foundation of the Liang State is now those generals who lead the army, if he really dares to kill people indiscriminately, I am afraid that someone will soon stand up and rebel.

In today's turbulent era, it is impossible for Zhu Wen to be stupid enough to kill people indiscriminately.

As for Bowang Zhu Youwen, even if this person ascends to the throne, he may not be able to do it to himself, after all, he is also a veteran with deep qualifications, and his relationship in the army is complicated, and Zhu Youwen will not do it casually.

Therefore, Han Qing believes that as long as he is cautious, he may not be able to get a good death.

So after hesitating for a long time, he finally sighed and did not agree to Zhu Youqi's proposal.

"General, as the so-called wealth and danger are sought, if you help me ascend to the throne, after the matter is completed, Xiao Wang will appoint you as the envoy of the Loyal and Military Festival, guard southern Henan, and lead one side alone!" The coercion failed, Zhu Youqi gritted his teeth in the end, and had to use the trick of lure.

"Is that true?" No, Han Qing, who didn't let go of his mouth before, was moved this time.

Zhu Youqi was overjoyed and hurriedly replied: "Of course, Xiao Wang can swear that as long as you help me ascend to the throne, after the matter is completed, you will be named the envoy of the Loyal and Military Festival, if you violate this oath, God will punish you!" ”

Han Qing said without the slightest hesitation: "Okay, Your Majesty acted arbitrarily and killed many heroes, but ignored foreign enemies; Now that he plans to pass on to King Bo, how can King Bo dare to ascend to the throne? Ben will follow His Royal Highness's troubles, and he will definitely save the country from danger! ”

Zhu Youqi was overjoyed, "The general can have this determination, Xiao Wang is not very happy!" ”

At the same time, he scolded in his heart: "If I had known that as long as I promised to canonize you as a party envoy, I would be able to make you tempted, so why did this king bother to speak so much before?" ”

He didn't know that for the generals of this era, being able to become a festival envoy and lead a party alone, the temptation of it. The power of confusion is like the ascension of these princes to the throne.

In order to be able to ascend to the throne, those princes often did everything they could; And those generals also did everything they could to become envoys of the festival.

And because of his own lack of ability, Han Qing has followed Zhu Wen to the east and west for so many years, but he has never established significant contributions, so he has not been able to be named the envoy of the festival and defend one side.

Seeing that he was dying of old age, he originally thought that he had no hope in this life, but now that he had hope, he naturally agreed.

Of course, the reason why Han Qing agreed to come down also had a lot to do with the words that Zhu Youqi had persuaded before, if he wasn't worried that Zhu Wen or Zhu Youwen would kill him, he wouldn't have been so easily moved by the position of a loyal martial arts envoy.

After reaching an agreement with Zhu Youqi, Han Qing no longer hesitated, and immediately selected 500 cronies from his subordinates.

That night, let these 500 tooth soldiers put on the uniforms of the Crane Control Army and blend into the palace with the assistance of Feng Yange.

On the third watch at night, Han Qing gave the order to move, and then led the troops to attack Wanchunmen.

These 500 soldiers are all elite soldiers in the Left Dragon and Tiger Army, and they have been trained on the battlefield, and they are all brave warriors.

And although the soldiers of those who control the crane army shoulder the heavy responsibility of defending the palace, many of them are rich and noble children in Luoyang City, they are used to being pampered, and they rarely experience battlefield battles, so their combat power is far less than the elite of those Left Dragon and Tiger Army.

In addition, Han Qing was launched suddenly, and he was caught off guard by the Crane Army, so it didn't take long for Wanchun Gate to be breached.

Immediately, the rebels burst into the dormitory, and the people who served in the palace were immediately scared away.

Zhu Wen, who was lying on the hospital bed, sat up in fright and shouted, "Who rebelled?" Who is it? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, someone replied, "It's none other than a child!" ”

It turned out that Zhu Youqi rushed here under the escort of the rebels.

Zhu Wen said angrily: "I suspect that you have been a traitor for a long time, and I hate to kill you earlier, can you be a traitor who can't bear to kill your father?" ”

After speaking, he looked at the rebels on the left and right and their commander Han Qing: "You thieves, I treat you well, do you want to kill the king?" ”

"Han Qing, you have followed me for many years, and now you are in a high position, and you can enjoy a lifetime of wealth, but now do you want to be exterminated?"

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I have to say that Zhu Wen has accumulated a lot of power for many years, and he was reprimanded by him like this, up to Zhu Youqi, Han Qing, and down to those ordinary rebels, all of them were frightened and hesitated to step forward.

After a while, everyone reacted, they had rebelled now, there was no turning back from the bow, and now it seemed that they had succeeded, Zhu Wen had fallen into their hands, and at this time what else did they have to fear?

"It's just an old guy lying in a hospital bed!" Zhu Youqi sneered, and then signaled to his confidant Feng Yange.

Feng Yange nodded, lifted the sword in his hand that was still dripping blood, and stepped forward, ready to kill Zhu Wen.

Although Zhu Wen was seriously ill, at this critical moment, he actually supported his sick body and took shelter around the pillar.

The saber in Feng Yange's hand struck the pillar three times, but he was never able to kill Zhu Wen.

It's a pity that Zhu Wen is just trying to catch his breath by fleeing for his life like this.

It didn't take long for him to feel so tired that he finally collapsed on the bed, never to get up again.

Feng Tingge stepped forward and stabbed him with a sword, the sword body passed through Zhu Wen's abdomen, and after pulling it out, even the stomach flowed out, causing everyone present to revolt.

At this time, Zhu Wen had not yet lost his breath, and struggled for a long time in the miserable howl before finally dying.

It's really sad and lamentable!

However, when Zhu Wen sent people to kill Tang Zhaozong, he must not have thought that his final outcome was also killed, and he was also killed by his own son.

This is really a cycle of heavenly principles, and retribution is unpleasant.

After Zhu Wen's death, Zhu Youqi ordered someone to wrap his body in a mosquito net bedding and place it in the bedroom.

Although Zhu Wen is dead, it is not so easy to control the situation.

You must know that Zhu Wen had already ordered Zhu Youwen, the king of Bo, to come and prepare to entrust the future; And Zhu Youqi was denounced as the assassin of Laizhou, which shows that Zhu Wen's intention to pass on the throne to Zhu Youwen is very obvious.

In this case, if news suddenly comes out that Zhu Wen is dead, and Zhu Youqi is on the throne, I am afraid that even a fool will not be able to hide it.

Although those courtiers in the court were dissatisfied with Zhu Wen's adopted son instead of his son, this did not mean that they could accept a person who killed the monarch, and it was also a person who killed his father to ascend to the throne.

Therefore, after the mutiny, Zhu Youqi immediately ordered the closure of the palace city to cut off internal and external news.

Soon after, Zhu Youzhen issued an edict in the name of Zhu Wen, sending the official Ding Zhaopu to Kaifeng, the eastern capital, and ordered Zhu Youzhen, the king of Jun, to kill Zhu Youwen, the king of Bo.

Zhu Youzhen is also Zhu Wen's biological son, and he is also dissatisfied with Zhu Wen's passing on the throne to his adopted son Zhu Youwen.

So after receiving the edict at this time, although he knew that there was something wrong with the edict, he still acted in accordance with the edict and killed Zhu Youwen.

On May 25, the second year of Qianhua, the fourth day after Zhu Wen was killed, after receiving the news that Zhu Youwen was dead, Zhu Youqi felt that the overall situation was almost settled, so he issued an edict in the name of Zhu Wen.

“…… Bo Wang Youwen conspired against him, sent troops to break into the palace, Lai Ying Wang Youqi was loyal and filial, punished the soldiers, and bowed to the protection. However, the disease was shocked and the danger was restored, and it was advisable to make Youqi take charge of the affairs of the military state. ”

In the edict, Zhu Youqi completely blamed the crime of killing the monarch to the dead Zhu Youwen, and he, the real mastermind, was described as the hero who rescued the driver in the crisis, and Zhu Wen also ordered him to succeed him before he died.

In this way, he nominally had a reason to inherit the throne.

Unfortunately, the Chinese warriors of the DPRK are not fools, how can they be deceived by him so easily?