On this day, Yang Shihou was discussing the military situation with his generals in his military camp, when suddenly the guards came to report that a messenger had come from Kaifeng, the eastern capital, and wanted to see him.

Yang Shihou's heart moved: "Kaifeng, the eastern capital? Could it be His Royal Highness the King? ”

Although Zhu Youzhen has stabilized the situation on the surface, the real discerning people know that if the situation between China and North Korea is still not stable, there is still a risk of turmoil in secret, and the root cause of this may be Zhu Youzhen.

After all, among Zhu Wen's many heirs, not to mention those adopted sons, among the parents and children, in addition to the eldest son Zhu Youyu who died early and the second son Zhu Youzhen, the next is Zhu Youzhen, the youngest, and the following younger brothers are still young, and they have not yet come out, so they are naturally not as famous as Zhu Youzhen.

Now that Zhu Youzhen suddenly sent someone to contact, Yang Shihou was naturally very clear about the meaning.

He summoned the messenger and immediately asked, "You have come from the Eastern Capital, but you are a lobbyist for the king?" ”

The messenger was Zhu Youzhen's henchman, named Ma Shenjiao, and immediately said: "Returning to the festival marshal, I am here for the sake of the reputation of the festival marshal." ”

Yang Shihou smiled and didn't speak, but his expression was a little disapproving.

Ma Shen handed over and said: "Jieshuai, that Zhu Youqi killed his father and usurped the throne, and the eyes of the world are pinned on King Jun." Although the festival marshal was canonized by Zhu Youzhen and sat on the throne of the festival commander, but intersecting with Zhu Youzhen, a father killer and a thief, wouldn't this damage the prestige of the festival marshal? ”

"Besides, the first emperor was kind to the festival marshal at the beginning, and entrusted the festival marshal with important responsibilities many times, and now that Zhu Youqi has killed his father and usurped the throne, doesn't the festival marshal want to repay the favor of the first emperor?"

Yang Shihou was silent, but his expression was much more serious than before.

Indeed, although he launched a mutiny and sat in the position of Wei Bojie's envoy, first, he did not have the idea of becoming a king, and secondly, Zhu Wen was really good to him back then, and now that Zhu Wen is dead, he is loyal to Zhu Youqi, and of course there is a trace of guilt in his heart.

Seeing this situation, of course, Ma Shenjiao knew that his persuasion had played a little role, and immediately made persistent efforts to persuade: "As the pillar of our dynasty, if the commander can help His Royal Highness King Jun to set things right, it will be a real great achievement!" is to see the first emperor in the future, and the festival commander can be worthy of his heart. ”

Yang Shihou's heart was even more shaken, and Ma Shen handed over and promised that if it was successful, he would come to reward Wei Bo's army with 500,000 yuan in the future.

At this time, Yang Shihou was completely moved, although he did not agree on the spot, but his thoughts were already biased towards Zhu Youzhen.

After Ma Shenjiao temporarily retreated, Yang Shihou summoned his confidants and generals and asked: "When Zhu Youqi killed his father and usurped the throne, Ben Shuai failed to stand up to crusade against the traitor; Now that the name of the monarch and the minister has been decided, the commander has changed his mind for no reason and raised an army to fight, is it feasible to do so? Will it be seen as a capricious villain? ”

In military affairs, he is already a world-famous general, and in his personal career, he also occupied Weibo and became one of the few feudal towns in the world, and now he can be said to be satisfied, and he does not expect to go further, so at this time, he will pay more attention to his reputation, and does not want future generations to be regarded as a repeated villain.

Zhu Hanbin, a close confidant, immediately smiled: "What did the marshal say?" That Zhu Youqi killed his father and usurped the throne for a traitor; Now King Jun has raised an army to rebel, which is a righteous move. Respect justice and crusade against rebels, what kind of name does this care about the name of the monarch and the minister? ”

Another confidant general, Wang Shunxian, also persuaded: "Zhu Youqi killed his father and usurped the throne, and acted arbitrarily, and there are not a few people in the world who secretly oppose him; If the marshal doesn't do it at this time, how should the marshal deal with himself after His Royal Highness King Jun succeeds in putting down the chaos in the future? ”

Yang Shihou was already moved, but there was just the last hesitation in his heart, and at this time, he was persuaded by the two henchmen and generals like this, and immediately sighed: "What the two generals said is very true, this commander made a mistake before!" ”

"General Wang, it is up to you to go to Luoyang in person to contact the old department, compared to His Royal Highness King Jun, there should be other arrangements in secret, and when the time comes, you will act and seize the opportunity. General Zhu, you led an army of 20,000 to Huazhou to garrison, thinking that it should be a foreign response. If there is a discord, you will lead the troops to attack Luoyang directly, and you will definitely succeed if you attack inside and outside! ”

Yang Shihou deserves to be a famous general of the unified army, and immediately made various arrangements after his determination was made, which won the true meaning of the rapid use of soldiers.

With Yang Shihou's secret help, and Gao Jichang also promised Ni Kefu, the general of the liaison department, the possibility of Zhu Youzhen's successful mutiny is already very great.

However, Zhu Youzhen is still not at ease, and he still wants to further increase his chips.

This time, he set his sights on the Shenjie army stationed in Luoyang City.

The Shenjie army was originally heavily damaged in the original battle of Gaoyi, but later Zhu Wen supplemented it completely, and as a standing force stationed in Luoyang, it was an important force used by Zhu Wen to deter all forces in the Liang State.

However, with the sudden rebellion of the 3,000-strong Shenjie army stationed in Huaizhou last year and was finally suppressed, the fate of the Shenjie army also changed rapidly, from the previous Tianzi pro-army to the object of beware of suppression.

In particular, many of the 3,000 rebels had fled abroad, and Zhu Youqi ordered the arrest of these rebels many times in order to establish his majesty, but the relatives and friends of these people were implicated, and for a while, the soldiers of the entire Shenjie Army were panicked.

At this time, there was a Shenjie army stationed in Kaifeng, the eastern capital, and was ordered by Zhu Youqi to go to Luoyang to garrison.

After Zhu Youzhen learned the news, he immediately secretly released rumors that the purpose of Zhu Youzhen's move was to anger the Shenjie army because of the previous Huaizhou mutiny, and planned to summon them to Luoyang and then kill them all.

Frightened by the rumors, the officers and soldiers of the Shenjie Army, who were already panicked, became even more frightened, and went to Zhu Youzhen to ask about the way to survive.

Zhu Youzhen naturally continued to provoke bewitchment, and finally succeeded in controlling this Shenjie army.

With the support of many troops, Zhu Youzhen finally made up her mind to prepare for action.

On February 11, Ni Kefu, Wang Shunxian, Zhao Yan and others led thousands of troops to suddenly launch a mutiny and attack the Luoyang Imperial Palace.

When Zhu Youqi and his wife Zhang heard the news of the mutiny, they fled to the palace wall in a panic under the protection of their henchman Feng Yange, and wanted to escape over the wall, but at this time, the entire Luoyang Palace was controlled by the chaotic army, and there was still a way to live.

In desperation, Zhu Youqi ordered Feng Yange to kill Zhang first, and then kill himself, and finally Feng Yange also committed suicide.

He did the thing of killing his father and usurping the throne, and he was originally prepared to die in failure, but now after more than half a year, he still can't escape death.

It's a pity that the people in Luoyang City suffered a great disaster, after getting the news of another mutiny in the palace, tens of thousands of troops in Luoyang City took the opportunity to attack, burning and looting in the city, the whole Luoyang fell into a big chaos, and there were swords and swords everywhere.

Those ordinary people suffered countless people, and many of the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China were not spared.

Zhongshu Shilang, Tongping Zhangshi Du Xiao and Scholar Li Du and others all died in the chaos; The squire under the door, Tongping Zhangshi Yu Jing and Xuanzheng envoy Li Zhen were also seriously injured by the rebels.

The chaos continued until the sun set the next day, but the previously prosperous city of Luoyang was in a depression at this time.

After the overall situation was decided, Wang Shunxian, Zhao Yan and others immediately went to Kaifeng with national heavy weapons such as the jade seal of the country, ready to welcome Zhu Youzhen to the throne.

But Zhu Youzhen thinks that Kaifeng is the place where Zhu Wen started, and the name of Liang is derived from this, so why go to Luoyang to ascend the throne, and ascend the throne directly in Kaifeng.

So Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne in Kaifeng, changed the year name to Qianhua for three years, posthumously abolished Zhu Youqi as a commoner, and issued an edict to restore the title of Zhu Youwen, the king of Bo.

So far, since May last year, the battle for the throne of Liang State, which lasted for more than half a year, finally ended with Zhu Youzhen's ascension, and the situation in Liang State has stabilized again.

But in general, the Liang State at this time, whether it is cohesion or overall national strength, has decreased a lot compared with the previous Liang State, and it has completely fallen into the disadvantage in the face of the two great enemies of Wu and Jin, and it no longer has the glory and pride that it had when it was self-proclaimed orthodox in the world.

Although Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, he was not Zhu Wen after all, it was difficult to control those generals with heavy troops, and his control of the situation in Liang was far less than when Zhu Wen was there.

At the beginning of March, Zhu Youzhen ordered the canonization of Wei Bojiedu to make Yang Shihou the Zhongshu Order, and crowned King Ye, and gave the edict without a name, and all affairs in the court and China had to be discussed with him before they could be implemented.

In addition to Yang Shihou, the big winner, Gao Jichang, another who made great efforts in the mutiny, also benefited at this time, and was canonized as the envoy of Kuang Guo Jiedu and the assassin of Xuzhou, and at the same time, Ni Kefu's 3,000 troops also returned to Gao Jichang's hands.

With the army and territory, although Gao Jichang is far less powerful than when he was the envoy of Jingnan Jiedu, it is much better than the previous days when he was completely under the fence.

In addition, Zhao Yan, Wang Shunxian and others also received their own rewards, which can be regarded as Zhu Youzhen's reward for them.

Of course, in addition to commending meritorious heroes, Zhu Youzhen naturally did not forget to deal with those Zhu Youzhen's comrades.

First of all, an unlucky one was Han Qing, a fellow party who launched a mutiny with Zhu Youqi, who was still in the river and Kou Yanqing to lead troops against Zhu Youqian, the king of Ji.

After the mutiny, Kou Yanqing deliberately concealed the news, secretly accepted Zhu Youzhen's edict, arrested and killed Han Qing, and successfully captured this army.

And after Han Qing's death, his position as the envoy of Kuang Guojie happened to be used by Zhu Youzhen to reward Gao Jichang.

In addition to Han Qing, the number one colleague, there are also many of Zhu Youjue's henchmen who have been liquidated, and those who were close to Zhu Youjue at the beginning are now all unlucky.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen is not a fool, although he liquidated Zhu Youzhen's old department, he didn't dare to do it too much, and these actions were not completed at one time, but prepared to cut the flesh with a blunt knife and deal with them one by one.