Chapter 510: The Battle for the Enthronement
readx; Wannian County was immersed in darkness and silence, and around Zhang Yun's mansion in Wubenfang, a group of about 500 Guanzhong troops surrounded it, which was something that had never happened since the establishment of Zhang's mansion, and even in the era of Zhang Yun's father, Zhang Shuo, there was never an army to surround their mansion. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Zhang's mansion was already in chaos, and the maids were like frightened birds, they packed up their money and belongings, and they were ready to leave Zhang's mansion.
Although Zhang Yun's many wives and concubines did not dare to blatantly pack and pack, they also secretly packed up the private money they had saved over the years and prepared to entrust someone to bring it back to their parents' home.
Although Zhang Yun's mansion was in chaos, Zhang Yun himself did not move at all, and not long after the news of the death of the saint came out, he locked himself in his study, saw no one, and did not eat dinner.
The study was very quiet, only the sandalwood in the corner of the room lit a curling cigarette, constantly changing various shapes, Zhang Yun sat on the table, his hands crossed on his chest, half-squinted, his brows furrowed, as if he was thinking of a knot, but he couldn't untie it.
In fact, Zhang Yun is making a major decision, which is related to the fate of the rest of his life and the entire family.
At this time, there was a gentle knock on the door, and the voice of his son Zhang Zhijie came, "Father, can I come in?" ā
"Come in!"
Zhang Yun sighed softly, woke up from his contemplation, the door opened, Zhang Zhijie came in, bowed down and said: "The child is disturbing his father, just now the palace guards came to inform him that there will be a temporary court tomorrow to discuss urgent matters, please be sure to attend my father." ā
"Close the door first."
When his son closed the door, Zhang Yun pointed to the seat opposite and said, "Sit down!" ā
He picked up the teapot again and poured a cup of tea for his son, Zhang Zhijie was a little flattered, and hurriedly said: "Thank you father, it should be the child who poured tea for his father." ā
"We don't have to be so polite between father and son."
Smiling, Zhang Yun asked again: "How is it outside, is it a mess?" ā
"Yes! Everyone was frightened, thinking that our house was about to be raided, it was really a mess, father, what the hell is going on? Didn't his father support Lee Hyung's dissolution of the political affairs hall? How could he still treat his father like this. ā
Zhang Zhijie was very puzzled, he didn't know the news that Li Shi had died, the news had spread in Chang'an County, but in Wannian County, the news was still tightly sealed, and Zhang Yun also got the first secret report from the palace people.
"Alas!"
Zhang Yun sighed slightly and said: "This is the stupidest thing my father has done since he entered politics, I think I am shrewd, but I was played with by others, and it is too late to regret it." ā
"Father refers to Li Heng?"
"Who else but him?"
Zhang Yun smiled bitterly, and continued: "I thought that Li Heng disbanded the political affairs hall because he wanted to use some means to seize the four seats after the re-promotion of the political affairs hall, so I put forward the condition that the Henan Provincial Observation Envoy would be appointed by me, and Li Heng finally agreed, so I helped him this time, but I didn't expect that at this moment, the saint suddenly died." ā
"The Holy One is dead!"
Zhang Zhijie stood up in shock, his eyes widened, and he couldn't believe his father's words, "Father, is this true?" ā
"Of course this is true, it is estimated that now Chang'an County has spread, but Li Heng has blocked the news of Wannian County, and his heart can be punished!"
Zhang Zhijie sat down slowly, he suddenly understood a little, this must be Li Heng's poisonous hand, he poisoned his own son, and poisoned his grandson, this, what kind of person is this!
"You understand now!"
Zhang Yun asked his son: "Why did Li Heng dissolve the political affairs hall?" ā
"Does he want to ascend the throne?"
"You're right!"
Zhang Yun was quite satisfied with his son's reaction, and he said: "Dissolve the political affairs hall, Li Heng has no obstacles to his accession to the throne, he has already calculated this step, but it's a pity that I didn't react, and he used it in vain, if I guess correctly, tomorrow's court will not be a public recommendation of the political affairs hall, but the ministers invite Li Heng to ascend the throne." ā
Zhang Zhijie's heart also became nervous, and he hurriedly asked, "Does that father also support it?" ā
Zhang Yun didn't answer his son's words directly, and after a while, he said slowly: "San Lang, do you remember that your father once considered letting you go to Anxi?" ā
Zhang Zhijie nodded silently, when Li Qingan invited him to serve in Anxi, his father once agreed, but for some reason, his father stopped mentioning this matter, and he felt a little overwhelmed.
Zhang Yun took a letter he had just written from the table, handed it to his son, and said: "The reason why my father didn't let you go to Anxi immediately was because I felt that the time had not come, and now is the time, tomorrow morning after you wait for your father to go out, you immediately rushed to Chang'an County, went out of the city from Chang'an County, rushed directly to Anxi, handed over my father's letter to Li Qing'an, and told him that I, Zhang Yun, am no longer a grass on the wall, and my Zhang family admits that the prince is also the authentic Tang family." ā
ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ The next day is not dawn, the rumbling drum of the dynasty sounded in the Daming Palace, the drum sounded like thunder, resounded throughout the entire Chang'an City, Chang'an County quietly, and Wannian County still has many officials set off to the court, but the flow of people in the court is obviously not as busy as before, after a night of passing the news, many officials in Wannian County know the truth, most of the people decided to boycott Li Heng, but there are also some people who feel that this is an opportunity to be promoted, as soon as the drum sounds, they are impatient to go out.
Zhang Yun also went out, and as usual, his fifty armed men guarded the carriage, but a cavalry of about two hundred people from the Guanzhong Army also followed around his carriage at the same time, forming a semicircle around Zhang Yun's carriage.
Li Heng thought very carefully, if Zhang Yun refused to go to court, he would use various means to force Zhang Yun to go to court, and he was afraid that Zhang Yun would run away halfway, so he ordered someone to follow him closely, and he must let him go to court today, Zhang Yun is an extremely important person, if he supports his ascension to the throne, then he will stand firm on at least one foot.
Wu Benfang is located directly opposite the imperial city, Zhang Yun generally walks through the imperial city, but today he did not go to the imperial city, the cavalry who monitored him did not allow the carriage to go to the imperial city, and forced the coachman to go directly to Danfeng Gate with a knife, which was very unexpected to Zhang Yun, he originally planned to escape from the imperial city, but he did not expect Li Heng's army to monitor so strictly, helpless, he had to order the coachman to go straight to Danfeng Gate, his only hope now is that his son can successfully escape.
When the carriage was about to reach Danfeng Gate, it stopped, and hundreds of officials from the previous dynasty were blocked here, Zhang Yun opened the curtain of the carriage and asked an official on horseback next to him: "What happened?" ā
The official didn't expect it to be Zhang Yun, so he was taken aback, and hurriedly said respectfully: "Back to Zhang Shangshu, I heard that someone seems to be making trouble in front of Danfeng Gate." ā
"Someone's making trouble?" Zhang Yun was extremely surprised in his heart, at this time, who would make trouble in front of Danfengmen?
ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ In front of the Danfeng Gate, the eldest grandson Quanxu put on his helmet and armor, held a shield in one hand, and raised a sword in the other, followed by thousands of soldiers of the Yulin Army who rushed from the imperial city to support.
"Soldiers of the Yulin Army, do you really want to support the rebellion? Support an unrighteous person who poisons the Holy One? This will bring shame on our Feather Forest Army that will never be washed away, so come here and stand behind me. ā
His voice was like thunder, and the shouts spread all over the inside and outside of the Danfeng Gate, with incomparable sincerity and expectation in his tone, more than 3,000 soldiers of the Yulin Army had gathered in front of the Danfeng Gate, the sky was not yet bright, and the torches illuminated the inside and outside of the Danfeng Gate as if it were day, the expressions on the faces of each soldier were extremely complicated, and some people had a disdain on their faces, but more people had an urge to run.
"Soldiers, come here! Go back to my banner and don't help the abuse. ā
At this time, Xu Ziyao's figure appeared on the gatehouse of Danfeng Gate, and he yelled at the eldest grandson Quanxu: "You old immortal bastard, go home and guard your son's tomb, there is no more business for you here." ā
While scolding, he quietly pulled his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow violently, the arrow was like a meteor, and it was shot in front of the eldest grandson Quanxu in an instant, and the eldest grandson Quanxu had already taken precautions, raised his shield to meet it, and the arrow shot at the shield.
This arrow is like a signal, there was a sudden chaos in front of Danfeng Gate, countless soldiers were like horses breaking free from the fence, and they ran towards Changsun Quanxu, and the officers behind couldn't shout, only an instant, more than half of the soldiers of the Yulin Army were reversed, and they all defected to Changsun Quanxu.
Xu Ziyao was dumbfounded, he suddenly realized that the number of people on the other side had surpassed him, and he was so anxious that he shouted: "Close the palace gate quickly!" Close the palace gate! ā
The gate of Danfeng Gate was slammed shut, and at this time, there were already more than 3,000 Yulin troops around Changsun Quanxu, and Changsun Quanxu couldn't help laughing and said: "Happy! Justice is at ease in people's hearts. ā
He turned his horse's head and shouted to the officials who were about to enter the palace: "My soldiers are still incorruptible, but are you officials who have read the books of the sages better than a small soldier?" Do you want to serve a wicked man who kills a king and a son? If you are obsessed with it, you are disloyal and unfilial, and what face do you have to live in the world? I only count three times, and if you don't leave, I will let the soldiers kill you disloyal and unfilial people, one! ā
Eldest Sun Quanxu's voice became extremely stern, and his eyes seemed to be about to erupt with fire, "Two! ā
The hundreds of officials blocking behind him were in a big mess, and the officials turned their horses and walked back, among these officials, some of them didn't know the inside story, and now that they knew, they took the opportunity to slip away, and some wanted to take the opportunity to be promoted, and they didn't want to leave, but the eldest grandson Quanxu and his subordinates were very vicious, so they avoided the limelight first.
At this time, as the officials fled, the eldest grandson Quanxu saw the two hundred cavalry of the Guanzhong Army around Zhang Yun's carriage, he suddenly remembered the death of his son, and his heart ached, and he immediately raised his sword and shouted: "Sons, cut off the heads of those vicious dogs for me!" ā
Hundreds of Yulin troops launched together, rushing towards the cavalry of the two hundred Guanzhong Army, these Guanzhong troops were so frightened that they turned their horses and fled, and they didn't care about Zhang Yun, Zhang Yun's coachman saw that the opportunity had come, so he jerked the horses, and the carriage started quickly, and ran towards the eldest grandson Quanxu, getting rid of the control of Guanzhong.
When the street quieted down, Zhang Yun pulled the curtain and thanked Changsun Quanxu: "Thank you, General Changsun, for helping me escape from the tiger's den." ā
The eldest grandson Quanxu glanced at him and said in a mocking tone: "Zhang Shangshu doesn't have to be polite, but I heard that Zhang Shangshu also supports the dissolution of the Political Affairs Hall?" ā
Zhang Yun's face flushed, and he said with shame: "I don't know anyone, I fell into Li Heng's trap, and now I have woken up, just like the general's words, I will never support a person who kills the king and kills his son, is disloyal and unjust, I am going to Chang'an County now, please send someone to escort me." ā
"Well said!"
The eldest grandson Quanxu smiled happily: "Zhang Shangshu can get lost and return, which is admirable, Li Heng's Guanzhong army will arrive soon, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time, please go to Chang'an County with me." ā
With a wave of his hand, the eldest grandson Quanxu waved his hand, and thousands of Lin troops escorted Zhang Yun's carriage quickly towards Chang'an, and soon disappeared into the dark night.
ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ The sky gradually brightened, 50,000 Guanzhong troops entered the city from Chunming Gate, and once again controlled Wannian County, at this time the Yulin Army of the Imperial City also withdrew to Chang'an County, and the 10,000 Anxi Army from Xianyang also arrived outside the Yanping Gate of Chang'an County, plus 20,000 Niu Wei soldiers, 30,000 Anxi Army controlled Chang'an County and confronted the Guanzhong Army.
The situation is not critical, at least the Anxi army will not oppose Li Heng's ascension to the throne before receiving Li Qing'an's order, they only pay attention to whether the Guanzhong army violates the agreement between the two sides and crosses the Suzaku Street, and Li Heng also gave a strict order to the Guanzhong army not to cross the Suzaku Street for a step, at this critical moment, he does not want to cause a conflict with the Anxi army.
The protests against Li Heng's ascension to the throne were only very fierce at the level of court officials, and many officials living in Wannian County took the opportunity of the hundred officials to escape from Suzaku Street and hide in Chang'an County, and only some of Li Heng's sworn friends still went to Daming Palace to support Li Heng's accession to the throne.
Hanyuan Hall is empty, Li Heng wears a crown of cupola, wears a red yellow robe, and a jade belt around his waist, he has sat on the throne of the emperor, he did not sleep all night last night, it stands to reason that he should worship the Taimiao before he ascends the throne, and he can only ascend the throne with the consent of the ancestors, but the Taimiao is in the imperial city, and is controlled by another Yulin army loyal to the eldest grandson Quanxu, he can not go, so he secretly worships the ancestors in the Daming Palace during the fourth watch.
Now the time is approaching, and there are only more than 100 court officials in the Hanyuan Hall that can accommodate more than 10,000 people, most of them are middle and low-level officials of the temple supervisors, and the officials of Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, Yushitai and Shangshu Six Divisions are almost invisible.
Li Heng looked down coldly, the sense of loss in his heart was indescribable, the worship of ten thousand officials he dreamed of, the grand occasion of thousands of countries coming to congratulate him was gone, there were only so many more than one hundred people, it was like a farce.
Li Heng has hated the eldest grandson Quanxu to the core, and he is eager to crush his bones and scatter ashes, it is this person's picking quarrels and provoking troubles that has completely destroyed his plan, and there were originally thousands of court officials who would go to the court in the future, but now they have escaped.
Li Heng thought about everything, but he didn't expect that the eldest grandson Quanxu would come back to retaliate, and the last Pinglou incident finally caused such serious consequences.
Except for some ill-intentioned officials in the main hall, the others are all members of his prison party, Wang Hui, Fang Xuan, Ling Hufei, Li Lin, Li Li, Da Xixun, Zhang Yan..... This Zhang Yan is Zhang Yun's younger brother, Li Longji's concubine Du Lieutenant, the official worships Taichang Siqing, his arrival was unexpected by Li Heng, but Li Heng understands that this is not a representative of Zhang Dang, and there is a deep contradiction between him and Zhang Yun, as long as Zhang Yun is in the phase for a day, this Zhang Yan will never have a chance to come out, this person can make good use of it, Li Heng decided to crown him as the servant of the left minister.
There was a bell ringing outside the main hall, this is the time has come, at this moment, a eunuch hurriedly stepped forward, attached his ear to the inner chamberlain standing next to Li Heng ordered Li Fuguo to say a few words, Li Heng saw it, so he asked in a low voice: "What happened?" ā
"Your Majesty, Empress Dowager Shen was let go by the Yulin Army who was guarding her, escaped from the Imperial City from Taiji Palace, and I heard that she hid in Taipingfang, Chang'an County."
"Damn slut!"
Li Heng scolded hatefully, originally wanted to poison her in a few months, but she ran away, although Li Heng hated in his heart, but he was helpless, at this time, Wang Heng stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the auspicious time has come, you can start."
Li Heng gathered his mind and nodded to Li Fuguo, Li Fuguo walked a few steps, unfolded the holy decree, and announced loudly: "Today, I am unfortunately seriously ill and died, it is the misfortune of the society, it is the mourning of the Tang Dynasty, when the whole country mourns, piled up the mausoleum and burys it, but the country can not be said to be without a king, now there is His Royal Highness King Yong to supervise the country, the third son of the former emperor, the king of Shaanxi at the age of two, the five-year-old worship of Anxi Dadu Hu, the ambassador of the four towns of Hexi, the benevolence and love of Yingwu, the natural, the twenty-sixth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty in June Gengzi, established as the crown prince, lived in the East Palace for a long time, benevolence and virtue, can be inherited from the unification, Now that hundreds of officials are supported, please be on top! ā
Thinking of this, Li Fuguo shouted, "Hundreds of officials bow down and support His Royal Highness!" ā
On the Hanyuan Palace, a hundred and ten people knelt down together, and an unconvincing voice echoed in the main hall: "Ministers pay homage to Your Majesty, I wish your Majesty long live, long live, long live!" ā
ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ļ¼ In March of the second year of Zhenzhi, the young emperor Li Shi died strangely, Li Heng forcibly ascended the throne without the support of hundreds of officials, changed the year name to Da'an, and named the empress dowager Shen as the empress dowager, moved to Taiji Palace, Feng Liangdi Zhang as the queen, and the second son as the crown prince, and the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses.
He also named Wang Hui as the right minister of the Zhongshu Order and the secretary of the ministry, Zhang Yan as the left minister of the middle and left minister of the Ministry of Soldiers, Fang Xuan as the secretary of the household department, Ling Hufei as the secretary of the criminal department, Li Lin as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Da Xixun as the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and Li Yu as the prince Zhan Shi.
Pei Min, Cui Lian, Wei Tao, Zhang Hao, Pei Zunqing, Lu Huan, Zhang Yun and others were all dismissed from their official positions and demoted to concubines, but the most critical of them, Li Qing'an, Li Heng's edict did not mention a word.
However, at the time of the issuance of Li Heng's edict, the Empress Dowager Shen wrote a bloody letter of accusation, and 964 court officials, including Pei Min, Zhang Yun, Cui Lian, and Wei Tao, jointly issued a proposal to the world, calling on the prefectures and counties of the world not to recognize Li Heng's accession to the throne, and exposing the fact that Li Heng poisoned the two emperors to the people of the world.
(To be continued)