Chapter 670: The Beginning of the Trouble



Li Mao only learned about this palace upheaval on the sixth day after the palace change, and the palace change came too suddenly, not to mention that he was thousands of miles away in Youzhou, even Tian Qi, Hu Sijin and others who were close at hand were caught off guard.

This was a sudden attack, I have to say that the planner was very courageous, he used the Daming Palace as a slaughterhouse, and chose to make trouble at the time of the Great Dynasty Meeting, Qiu Shiliang's eyes to the sky also became blind, and he did not issue any warning, so when the palace changed suddenly, Qiu Shiliang and others were at a loss, and they acted completely on instinct developed in decades of cruel palace infighting.

At that moment, the balance of victory and defeat was unprecedentedly fair for both sides, and the real victory and defeat hung in the balance.

At the beginning, when Qiu Shiliang, Yu Hongzhi and other eunuchs rushed back to Zichen Hall to kidnap the Son of Heaven and retreat to Hanyuan Palace, dozens of officials grabbed the imperial chariot and did not let go. Yu Hongzhi was even ready to run away, and at this critical moment, a heroic eunuch jumped out, knocked down more than a dozen officials with a fist, and miraculously snatched the imperial chariot.

This eunuch's name is Xi Zhirong, and his identity is the obstacle clearer who is in charge of the former palace, and "barrier" is "dirty", but he is actually a low-grade eunuch who is responsible for sweeping the floor, and he is not qualified to see Qiu Shiliang on weekdays. After snatching the imperial chariot, he dragged Emperor Li Han off the imperial chariot and strode up to the Xuanzheng Hall on his shoulders. Qiu Shiliang was in a hurry, and still ordered other eunuchs to escort the imperial chariot to the Hanyuan Palace, and lured the palace changers to go to the Hanyuan Palace, and when they found out, Qiu Shiliang, Yu Hongzhi, Xi Zhirong and others had already hijacked the emperor and hid in the apse of the Xuanzheng Palace, and killed the corner copper door for fire prevention, but the bureaucrats who instigated the palace change were confined to etiquette and did not dare to smash the wooden door with heavy weapons, so that they missed the opportunity and fell short.

On that day, only the blood in the Daming Palace was flowing, and all the officials who participated in the Great Dynasty Meeting, regardless of whether you participated in the palace change or not, as long as you entered the eyes of the Shence Army, they were all killed. The officials who participated in the palace rebellion, from the prime ministers Song Shenxi and Wang Ya, Jingzhao Yin Luo Liyan, Li Xiaoben in the imperial history, to the Qinglu lowly officials of the provincial temple department were either hacked to death on the spot, or arrested and imprisoned, and died tragically in prison after being tortured.

The Shence army broke into the two provinces under the Zhongshu Gate with a knife, and killed people when they saw them, and the prime minister Jia Kui and Shu Yuanyu did not participate in the palace change, and retreated to the two provinces after the chaos, panic and did not know what to do, and the Shence sergeants who broke in were also cut together. More than 200 officials and scribes of the two provinces were killed at the same time. After slashing and killing the court officials, Qiu Shiliang took the opportunity to make trouble again, and falsely accused the eunuchs who were at odds with him as rebels, and killed them on the spot, killing three people in and three out, killing and wounding more than 1,000 people.

Killed all the way, by dusk, the corpses inside and outside the Daming Palace were like mountains, the blood flowed like a river, the wind was blowing, and the living people did not dare to travel with lanterns. Because the Nanya Baisi and Jingzhao places were completely paralyzed, the order of Chang'an was greatly damaged, and the evil young people in the city swarmed and plundered, broke into the house with white blades, raped and plundered, disturbed the whole city, and burned half of the sky red.

The mastermind who instigated this palace mutiny, Pei Renyong, Si Nongqing, Pei Renqu, the general of Jin Wuwei, and Pei Renjing, the general of Weiyuan, took advantage of the chaos to escape from the Daming Palace, Han Yue was more confused, and did not go out of the city after getting out, but hid in Chongrenfang to check the direction of the wind, and was accused two days later, imprisoned, and tortured to death. The three brothers of the Pei family did not even return to their house after leaving the Daming Palace, and fled directly from Chang'an City, and rushed all the way back to the camp of Suining, strangled the troops to defend themselves, and temporarily saved their lives.

Another mastermind of the palace mutiny, Jing Zhao Shao Yin Zhengxun, saw that the situation was not good, so he defected and took refuge in Qiu Shiliang. In order to take advantage of him, Qiu Shiliang pardoned him and Jing Zhaoluo's crimes in the name of the emperor and asked him to continue to serve the country. In order to prove his innocence, Zheng Xun helped Qiu Shiliang frantically persecute the officials and royal relatives in the court. The three brothers of the Pei family were sequentially raided, their family property was confiscated, and their family members were confiscated.

This move also gave the three brothers of the Pei family a tongue, and the three raised troops in Ningzhou to denounce Qiu Shiliang and Zheng Xun for cruelty to Zhongliang.

Fengxiang Jiedu made Li Xianyi hear that the elite of the court was wiped out by Qiu Shiliang, and he was sad and indignant, and asked the court to punish Qiu Shiliang and Zheng Xun, and stop killing innocents indiscriminately. Because the killing was too heavy, the princes of Shandong also expressed dissatisfaction with Qiu Shiliang, and Li Quanzhong, the envoy of the Yicheng Festival, Liu Wu of the Zhaoyi Festival, Han Hong of the Xuanwu Festival, He Jintao of the Tianping Festival, Xue Rong of the Ziqing Festival, Shi Xiancheng of the Wei Bo Festival, Wang Zhixing of the Wuning Festival, He Sancai, the envoy of the Zhenhai Festival, and Niu Shengyu of the Wuchang Junjie all went to the table to express their dissatisfaction with Qiu Shiliang and Zheng Xun's nonsense.

Li Jiang, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, asked to stop Zheng Xun from killing innocents indiscriminately, and on the other hand, he asked to lead troops into King Qin. Li Mao, the envoy of Youzhou Jiedu, demanded that the imperial court immediately execute Zheng Xun to pacify the world, and Chengde, Yingping, Liaodong, Fuyu, Longquan, Anyuan and other towns also echoed the voice.

Under the pressure of this public opinion, Qiu Shiliang had to abandon Zheng Xun, and put all the sins after the palace change on Zheng Xun's head, Zheng Xun had a premonition that things were not good, and absconded from Beijing.

After this battle, Qiu Shiliang killed all his opponents, dominated Chang'an City, and coerced the Son of Heaven to make the princes have the momentum, and the princes of the world have also tried out the depth of the court after this competition, and they each have their own troops, and they no longer take the orders of the court in their eyes.

Because the turbulent waves caused by the palace change gradually subsided, Qiu Shiliang passed the test in a thrilling way, and in addition to rejoicing, there was another thing that made him haunted: he killed a circle with a knife, and he was burdened with a monstrous notoriety, but he suddenly found that most of the masterminds who instigated the palace change were still safe and sound.

Song Shenxi, Wang Ya, Han Yue, Luo Liyan, and Li Xiaoben participated in the palace change, but they were not the main force, the main force was the Guo family brothers and sisters, the three Pei family brothers and the emperor in the Daming Palace, or the Empress Dowager Guo could not get out of it, the emperor and the queen mother were still unable to move, but why could the Guo family brothers and sisters and the three Pei family brothers get away with it?

Qiu Shiliang wanted to attack the Guo family brothers and sisters, but suddenly found that this powerful terror hidden in the underground of Chang'an, remember that after the palace change just happened, Chang'an City was in chaos, the officials of various ministries died, those who fled, and the rest also hid and slackened, Jing Zhaoluo was busy raiding the house and arresting people, no one on the street was pressing, and the evil young people in the capital looted everywhere, and after nightfall, the fire burned half of the city. Qiu Shiliang can take advantage of this radical change to purge his opponents and give a warning to disobedient officials and nobles, but it is impossible to kill everyone, and now his goal has been achieved, and he needs to stabilize Chang'an, establish prestige, and consolidate his power.

The looting of the evil youths in the capital must be stopped immediately, but Jing Zhaoluo was busy raiding his house and making a windfall, so he couldn't count on it at all, and Jin Wuwei was paralyzed because of Han Yue's involvement. The Shence army entered Beijing to maintain law and order, and if the scale was not grasped well, it was very likely that people would give people a tongue, and people would accuse him of hating Shiliang for plotting rebellion. He Qiu Shiliang was able to win this victory, relying on the card of the emperor in his hand, with this card he said that whoever is against the party, who is against the party, on behalf of the heavens, is naturally attacked, the battle must be won.

If someone is labeled as having bad intentions and intent to rebel, the situation will be reversed, and you will be attacked by others, and the battle will be won.

The Shence Army is easily unable to move, the Weiyuan Army is also paralyzed, Jingzhao Mansion, Chang'an, and Wannian Counties are even more empty, and their own homes have been copied by the evil youths.

Asking for help is a price, the price is to compromise with the Guo brothers and sisters, the brothers and sisters are not only innocent, but also meritorious, meritorious will be rewarded, so Guo Ren became the presiding officer of the royal monastery, and can enter and leave the palace at will to prohibit the promotion of Buddhism.

Guo Liang was knighted in white, turned into an Anning Marquis, and put on the robe of the general of the Yulin Army, becoming the mainstay of the imperial family.

The brothers and sisters of the Guo family put it down for the time being, after all, they turned back and helped themselves a lot, so what about the three brothers of the Pei family, why did they get away with it, unscathed, and have 20,000 troops in the heart of the heart, making it difficult for them to sleep and eat?

Of course, at present, the princes of the whole world are staring at him, and it is really the best policy to openly send troops to crusade, so let's make a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain and remove his minions. After some deployment, Qiu Shiliang issued an edict in the name of the imperial court to transfer Pei Renyong as the envoy of the Shannan Festival, Pei Renjing as the envoy of the Dongchuan Festival, and Pei Renqu as the squire of the military department.

The three rebel ministers who instigated the palace change, the court was magnanimous, not to be held accountable, but to be reused, what else do you have to say, those who watched the excitement, what else do you have to say, it is still very okay for me to be a man and do things.

Unexpectedly, the three of them refused to accept the edict, and yes, this kind of trick can be seen through by fools, how to deceive these three frightened birds. But it doesn't matter, what you want is that you refuse to accept the edict, and if you don't accept the edict, that is rebellion, and it is you who cut yourself off from the court and the world, so it's no wonder that I am spicy and destroying.

Qiu Shiliang reprimanded the three for rebellion, and ordered the Shence Army to attack from the north and south to crusade against the Pei brothers. According to his thoughts, the three brothers of the Pei family do not know soldiers, and there are no available generals under them, and they have already betrayed their relatives under the heavy pressure. With a flick of the military flag, the three of them can be easily taken down.

Unexpectedly, the army of several roads was defeated in successive battles, not only failed to pacify Suining, but lost several passes in Jingzhao Mansion. It was rumored in Chang'an that the Pei brothers were going to lead a large army into the city, kill the emperor, and seek to seize the country. For a while, the wind was loud, the plants and trees were shocked, and the rich families moved south to take refuge.