() Dongchuan Jiedu made Pei Zhuoyan restless for the past two days, and the old and young of all walks of life of the Tang Dynasty gathered in Chengdu, and they were planning to support Li Chen, the thirteenth son of Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty, as the emperor, to continue the Tang Dynasty, and also to Guanzhong, and rebuild the mountains and rivers.

Although Chengdu is lively, it is lively for others to see, the two principals, Pei Zhuoyan and Duan Wenchang, the envoy of Xichuan Jiedu, are cool in their hearts, Li Mao has been on the throne for a year and a month, and Emperor Mourning and Empress Zhen have also been martyred for a year, but the King of Light in Chengdu is still the King of Light, and his identity is still the generalissimo of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Mao, the deputy generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, has already called himself the emperor and become the emperor of Yan, why doesn't the generalissimo claim the emperor to inherit the Li bloodline and continue Li Tang's world.

Difficult.

The difficulty lies in the lack of unity of people's hearts and the lack of strength.

Although there are many Daozhou in the south that support Li Tang, they are poor and weak, and the envoys of various provinces and festivals are shouting fiercely, but they all have ghosts in their hearts, the old master is not good, and the new master is in the limelight, and he openly jumped out at this moment, leaving a bad impression on Emperor Dayan, and there will be no room for turning around in the future.

Now shouting is not only able to gain a reputation as a loyal minister, but in the future, if the Yan army really goes south, it will not turn around. After all, the emperors love loyal ministers, and everyone in the world also loves loyal ministers, with the name of loyalty and filial piety, no matter how you can go to Chang'an to be an idle official, and save the glory and wealth of the second half of your life.

Pei Zhuoyan calculated in his heart that the powerful faction who was really willing to support Li Chen's ascension to the throne and became emperor could count it with his fingers: Wuchang's cow monks and children are counted as one, he is counted as half, and Duan Wenchang is doubtful. Lingnan Jiedu made Liu Yi, Jingmen Junjiedu made Hu Nongchuan, and Fujian Observation made Xia Que people count as one, relying on the loyalty of more than two or maybe less than three people, Li Chen can't stand up, and how can he be called emperor if he can't stand up.

Seeing that it has been a year since Emperor Sizong died, there is no decision on where the Tang Dynasty will go, and the future is at a loss, and it is said that the reason why Li Chen is unwilling to inherit the imperial system is that he has not received the treasure of the Emperor Mourning, and there is no edict from the Queen Mother, he is a filial person and is unwilling to do rebellious things.

This is a complete nonsense, the country is shattered, the emperor and the queen committed suicide and martyrdom, if you are really filial, you should stand up, withstand the great pressure to ascend the throne and call the emperor, continue the imperial system, how can there be such an emperor who has been dead for a year, and is still waiting and watching in Chengdu. Where is this filial piety, this is clearly a great unfilial piety.

The Tang Dynasty has perished since the martyrdom of Sizong, and Chengdu only has the former Tang Dynasty's King of Light and the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, this person is just surviving, and sooner or later it will be over.

The envoy he sent to Chang'an to listen to the news had not returned for a long time, but Yan Qin's soldiers and horses were getting closer and closer. If it weren't for the thirteen caves of the Yellow Cave where Su Ri couldn't get along with him, he didn't know which tendon was in the wrong place and quarreled with Yan Qin, and his Zizhou City would have long since lost his surname Pei.

Suddenly there was a rooster cry in his ears, Pei Zhuoyan was taken aback, the window paper turned white, and he didn't know it for another night.

He blew out the lights and went out of the house. In early summer, Zizhou is still a little cold, but the air is fresh and lovely. Pei Wang, a guard who was sitting under the porch and napping, hurriedly ran over and bought him a piece of clothing.

"Lang Jun hasn't slept all night."

"I can't sleep, I'm old, I don't think you can eat or sleep."

"The rice porridge in the kitchen is always ready, I'll call it."

"Don't be busy, come with me."

The two went out from the back door of the Jiefu, Pei Wang knew that Pei Zhuoyan didn't like pomp, but the big war was imminent, and the necessary guards were also indispensable, he glanced at the general guarding the door, waved his hand vigorously, and the general hurriedly took off his armor, dressed in civilian clothes, and accompanied him with a hidden blade, but he did not miss a trace.

The people in the mountain city get up early, the day is just dawn, and the people in the suburbs have already begun to run for the day's livelihood, but because of the strict curfew, the city gate and the main square gate have not yet opened, and there are still few pedestrians on the streets of the city.

"Isn't the door of the workshop opened uniformly, how can some of them be opened, and some of them are not opened."

"If you go back to Langjun, the people who live in the big fang can take care of food and clothing and abide by the rules, so they will open it on time. The people who live in small workshops and remote places are poor, and they get up early to do small business, so they get up early, and they are all blocked at the door and shouting, and the fang officials are really noisy, so they open early. ”

"What is this called, those who obey the rules suffer more than those who do not obey the rules. Who will follow the rules after this? ”

"What Lang Jun said is, but how can fools and fools understand this kind of truth, and the errand people are all trying to be at ease, turning a blind eye, and no one is too lazy to take it seriously."

Pei Zhuoyan heard this, shook his head, and smiled bitterly, although his family was prominent, he was very poor when he was young, and he understood the suffering of the people very deeply, the reason why the poor gathered to open the door early was not because the poor were loud and noisy, but because they took the initiative to raise money to bribe the fang officials for their livelihood, so they opened the door a little earlier, and normal people didn't have to fight for this time, and no one went to bribe the fang officials, so the fang door was opened on time.

Pei Zhuoyan asked Pei Wang: "I have been in Dongchuan for so many years, has the life of the people of Dongchuan improved?" The genius is bright, and so many people go to the street to beg for food, which shows that people's livelihood is difficult. ”

Pei Wangdao: "Then it's no wonder that Lang Jun, he has been taking care of the war all these years, first fighting the Hugurs, then fighting Tibet, and fighting with the Kwantung princes, and the war costs money, so the small people are poor, what does Lang Jun have to do." ”

Pei Zhuoyan said: "This is nonsense, the war is fought in the north, and Shu has always been peaceful." Without the bottomless pit of Chang'an to fill, the tax has actually been reduced, but why are the people still not rich? This is a remiss of my duty. As an official, I can't benefit one party, I feel ashamed, I feel ashamed. ”

Pei Wang didn't understand why Pei Zhuoyan wanted to send this emotion, so he didn't dare to interject, he thought that Pei Zhuoyan just felt it, and said it casually, who knew that on the evening of this day, Pei Zhuoyan suddenly summoned the generals and regretted that he failed to solve the difficulties of the people, causing the people of Dongchuan to be unable to eat and clothe for so many years after pacifying Liu Pi, **** struggling on the food and clothing line every year, he was ashamed of himself, announced his resignation from the post of envoy of the Tang Dongchuan Festival, and returned to his hometown to Suizhou.

The generals were dumbfounded, Yan Qin's army has entered Shannan, and will enter Dongchuan in the near future, as a town festival envoy, resign at this time and return to his hometown, what is the difference between this and escaping?

Of course, there is no difference if you insist on saying it, after careful calculation, there is still a difference, after all, the Yan army has not yet come over, and resigning at this moment is called a rapid retreat, and resignation is a manifestation of responsibility. Wait until the Yan army enters Dongchuan and then runs, then it is called fleeing from the battle, and the difference is big.

At this moment, he resigned and returned to his hometown to live in seclusion, whether Tang defeated Yan or Yan defeated Tang in the future, he would have a chance to make a comeback, if he didn't leave at this moment, wait until Yan Qin committed the realm and then leave, Tang would certainly not tolerate him, and Yan Guo would not like a guy who escaped from the battle. The name is very important, and once the name is broken, it is really a catastrophe.

Pei Zhuoyan is a person who cherishes his reputation, and he is also a decisive person, he has a certain idea, handed over the Jieyue to the deputy envoy Zeng Shishun on the spot, cleaned it up that night, and hung up the crown early the next morning. When you go, you have two sleeves and a breeze, a few volumes of poetry and books, and three or five casual ones.

The people of Zizhou saw that he was so incorruptible, gave him the title of Qingtian, and gave him a Wanmin umbrella, of course, the people in Zizhou officialdom knew that his wife, concubines, children and family property had already been transported back to his hometown in Suizhou, and he was an official in Zizhou alone, in order to leave if he wanted to, without worrying.

After the deputy envoy Zeng Shishun took over the military power, he immediately went to Mianzhou, north of Zizhou, to set up defenses, preparing to meet Yan Qin's attack. Yan Qin is still in Shannan at the moment, Shannan West Dao Jiedu made Lin Ruilin originally a wall-riding faction, Yan Qin and Zhu Xiechi led tens of thousands of troops to disperse, he immediately changed his attitude and swore allegiance to Dayan in a high-profile manner. Not only did he take the initiative to remove the passes and raise grain and grass, but he also took the initiative to ask to lead the army to join the army.

Yan Qin did not encounter decent resistance from the officials and troops in Shannan, but was tripped by the thirteen caves of Hongdongman, the thirteenth cave Hongdong barbarian cave master Hong Mumu and now the army is strong and strong, and actually controls the four states of Jian, Li, Wen and Long, in these places, the power of the government is only limited to the state city, the county seat and the countryside have long been controlled by the Hongdongman, and the county officials everywhere not only need to spend money to buy roads from the Hongdongman, but also go to the Hongdong village to meet Hong Mumu after taking office, otherwise the ass will not sit steadily, and it will not be possible to be a puppet.

Hong Mumu was strong and strong, and asked Yan Qin to make her the king of Hongdong and her husband Zhang Qi as the prince of Zhenxi. Yan Qin told her that he had no right to make him king, and if he wanted to ask for a reward, he could send an envoy to Chang'an to meet Emperor Dayan, of course, it was not good to enter Beijing empty-handed, so he might as well lead the army to go south with him to pacify Shuzhong, and after making great contributions, Yan Guo would naturally have a reward.

Hong Mumu refused, threatening that if Yan Qin did not agree, he would block the truth and prevent the Shence army from going south.

This can be regarded as a hornet's nest, the thirteen caves of Hongdong barbarians attacked it, and dragged Yan Qin in Shannan for a month, and then Li Mao got the news and sent Feng Hong Mumu as the king of Hongdong and Zhang Qi as the prince of Zhenxi, which resolved the crisis.

After the two families shook hands and made peace, Hong Mumu wanted to personally lead 8,000 cave soldiers to follow Yan Qin to the south and act as a striker.

Zhang Qi has been in Shu for many years, familiar with the geography, climate, customs and folklore of Shuzhong, and gave advice to Yan Qin along the way, passed the test, and helped Yan Qin a lot.

Yan Qin originally wanted to raid Zizhou after pacifying Jianzhou and force Pei Zhuoyan to incense, but he didn't prevent Pei Zhuoyan from hanging up his crown and leaving. Zeng Shishun, who presided over the military affairs of Dongchuan, was born in the army, was loyal and loyal to Li Tang, and actually gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Mianzhou, determined to fight the Southern Expeditionary Army to the end, and all localities resisted the Southern Expeditionary Army to the death under his instigation.

After Yan Qin entered Dongchuan, he encountered several fierce battles one after another, and Zhang Qi, the Duke of Zhenxi, was unfortunately killed outside Mianzhou.

Hong Mumu heard that her husband had died in battle, and in addition to grief and indignation, she went into battle, poured into the nest, and led more than 10,000 Dong soldiers to storm Mianzhou City, and fought bloodily for two days and nights, the city was broken, and the city was slaughtered to vent her anger.

Mianzhou is the gateway to Zizhou, and the news that Mianzhou was slaughtered by barbarians reached Zizhou, which immediately caused great indignation. Zeng Shishun took the opportunity to organize 10,000 people's troops, dismissed the old and the young, and vowed to live and die with the city.

Li Chen heard that Mianzhou was slaughtered, and wrote "Seeking the North to Slaughter Innocent Soldiers and Civilians" overnight, denouncing Li Mao for colluding with the barbarians to slaughter the people of Shu, and calling on the people of Shu to unite to repent of foreign repentance.

After Liu Pi perished, he became an official in the Tang Dynasty, and the official was the prime minister during the Yuanhe and Changqing periods, but since Wang Shoucheng and Li Fengji took power, Duan Wenchang was speechless, and although Li Chen strongly recommended him out of the town of Xichuan, his loyalty to the Li Tang Dynasty has long been exhausted. Li Chen treats him with the grace of knowledge, he doesn't dare to forget it, and he keeps it in his heart, and it is precisely because of this that his attitude has become so vague.

With the vision of his decades of experience in the ups and downs of the sea, how can he not see that the Tang Dynasty is exhausted early, Li Chen will not be able to help him, and he will fall down immediately if he is helped, which will not only be of no benefit to the overall situation, but also affect a large number of people.

At the beginning, the situation was delicate, he persuaded Li Chen to postpone the title of emperor to avoid becoming the focus of Li Mao's attack, Li Chen listened to his words, but later Li Han committed suicide by taking poison, Guanzhong returned to Yan, Li Chen should also be able to claim the emperor in Chengdu When he took over the banner of Li Tang, he still opposed Li Chen's claim to be emperor, but suggested that he secretly contact the southern feudal towns, accumulate strength, and continue to endure.

If it is said that when Li Han just died, he persuaded Li Chen to postpone his claim to be emperor, and there was an element of planning for Li Chen, then after Li Han committed suicide and martyrdom and Li Mao occupied Chang'an, he still opposed Li Chen's claim to be emperor from his own interests. Li Chen is the emperor in Chengdu, where is he going to be the envoy of the Xichuan Festival, once Li Chen is called the emperor, he must choose between the Tang Dynasty and Dayan, and he must choose Shitang in his capacity, but the problem is that Li Mao has become a powerful man, and the army is strong, in case Shu is defeated and the country is ruined, won't he have to be martyred for the Tang Dynasty?

The Datang he is loyal to has already died, and this Datang in Chengdu can't stand up, knowing that he can't do it, why should he be implicated again for a Adou who can't be supported?

But the massacre of Mianzhou made him change his mind, now the crowd is excited, the people's hearts are available, Li Chen is inevitable to call the emperor, if he does not change his mind as soon as possible and support the new master, he will become the target of the two factions.

Among the thousands of soldiers and civilians gathered in front of the Generalissimo's Mansion were a large number of his cronies, who were inconspicuous and only hid behind the scenes. He calculated that Li Chen would accept the will of the people to be the emperor, and he also calculated that his emperor would not be able to do it for a long time, so things could be done, but he couldn't let others know that he did it, at least when he was in arrears, others couldn't catch him.

Li Chen was "forced" by public opinion and was ready to accept persuasion and ascend the throne as emperor, but Duan Wenchang did not say that he had no bottom in his heart, and was about to send an envoy to find out, but Duan Wenchang led the officials of Shuzhong to enter the generalissimo's mansion and asked Li Chen to immediately ascend the throne and become emperor, continuing the Tang Dynasty.

When he is afraid of difficulties, Li Chen is not so verbose, and three persuasions and three concessions are also wanted, but the procedure is simplified, and it is completed within the time of a stick of incense, and the meaning is on the line.

An hour later, the thirteenth son of Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty, the brother of Emperor Muzong, the uncle of Emperor Jingzong, Wenzong and Emperor Wai, King Guang and the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, Li Chen, announced his ascension to the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in Chengdu and changed his name to Dazhong.