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Kong Ming lost, he lost because he thought he knew Fang Shao, and he lost because he didn't know Fang Shao's true origin. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Pang Tong also lost, losing because he was self-righteous, not only deceived by Fang Shao's conspiracy, but also underestimated Fang Shao's means.

In the main hall, there was a deathly silence.

In a moment, there was a loud noise, and hundreds of civil and military officials dispersed in a hurry, preparing to flee for their lives.

However, it was too late.

With the sound of armor colliding, the heavily armed Yulin sergeants rushed in, quickly closing the exits in front and back of the main hall. The officials were like headless flies, and when they ran into walls everywhere and couldn't get out, they had no choice but to retreat to the front hall, gathering together and not knowing what would happen next.

After a while, Jiang Wei, the leader of the Central Army, strode in with his sword and glanced at the officials present, among these people, there were Zhuge Liang who was in charge on the spot, and there were also Zhang Fei and other Yuan Gong ministers, and there were countless people who were more famous and meritorious than him.

However, Jiang Wei had no fear, he faced everyone's frightened and angry expressions, and said loudly: "According to the secret edict of the Empress Dowager, arrest Pang Tong Sima Yi for plotting against the party, those who know the times will be tied, and those who dare to act recklessly will be killed." ”

With that, Jiang Wei waved his hand, and more soldiers poured in from outside the hall, rushing into the crowd with great momentum, and arresting Pang United Party figures according to the list drawn up in advance.

The short Pang Tong who was hiding in the crowd was taken out by several soldiers, and was treated roughly, Pang Tong was ashamed and annoyed, and he was still unwilling in his heart, and reprimanded angrily: "Jiang Wei, you dare to be overbearing, you are going to rebel, let me go, let me go-"

Jiang Wei sneered: "Pang Tong, the general trend has gone, if you still have a little bit of celebrity demeanor, don't mess around like a shrew anymore, go obediently." ”

Jiang Wei's contemptuous words only filled Pang Tong's chest with anger, and he was speechless for a while, only dragged out by the soldiers with a disgraced face.

Pang Tong was arrested along with Sima Yi and more than 40 other officials, and after arresting these people, Jiang Wei said loudly: "Now I will read a list and read whose name it is, and this person can go home with his heart and keep his old duties." ”

Then Jiang Wei ordered his subordinates to read a long list, most of which were neutral ministers such as Zhang Fei and Mi Zhu, as well as Jiang Wan, Deng Zhi and other ministers who were inclined to Fang Shao's party.

Jiang Wei counted the number of the remaining people, which was about the same as the number on the list, and then said in a loud voice: "The rest of you can also go back to your home with peace of mind, but the situation in Chang'an City is complicated, in order to ensure your safety, Da Sima will send a team of soldiers for each of you to protect your safety. ”

Jiang Wei's intentions couldn't be clearer, the remaining group of people were all Zhuge Liang's party, and they were supposed to send troops to protect them, but in fact, they wanted to use this as an excuse to put them under house arrest at home.

Zhuge Liang still had a glimmer of hope before, thinking that Fang Shao's mutiny was just to eradicate the Pang Unification Party, but now he understands that Fang Shao is planning to uproot it along with himself, but with the friendship between master and apprentice, his subordinates have shown a lot of mercy.

"Where is Fang Shao? I want to see him. Zhuge Liang glared at Jiang Wei angrily, and his tone was still unquestionable as a prime minister.

In the face of Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wei didn't dare to be too cold, he bowed his hand slightly, and replied politely: "Da Sima is protecting the Queen Mother and His Majesty, and he can't meet the prime minister for the time being." The prime minister can return to the mansion first, and I believe that soon, Da Sima will go to the prime minister to express his condolences. ”

Jiang Wei was only afraid that Zhuge Liang would not be calm, so he immediately said: "Come on, quickly escort the prime minister back to his house, dare to ask for your life if you are the slightest slack." ”

Several armor soldiers stepped forward and said in unison: "Prime minister, please." ”

Now, Zhuge Liang had no choice but to throw off his sleeves angrily and strode out, the soldiers on both sides did not dare to stop him, and consciously made a way.

Jiang Wei made a look, and more than 100 armor soldiers were in a roar, following Zhuge Liang in all directions.

As soon as Zhuge Liang complied, the rest of the ministers had no reason to resist anymore, and the others shook their heads and sighed, obediently under the "protection" of the "mutiny" soldiers, and obediently returned to their own mansions.

When these officials of Zhuge Liang and his party returned to the mansion, they found that the outside of the mansion was surrounded by heavily armed soldiers, cutting off all contact with the outside world, and in fact putting them all under house arrest.

The frightened citizens of Chang'an, hiding in the crack of the door, peeked at the fierce battle on the street overnight, at dawn, the victory and defeat have been divided, and Chang'an City has returned to calm.

The victorious side quickly cleaned up the corpses on the street and washed the blood on the ground with water, and then the military retreated to strategic points such as the gates, and the officials appeared on the street, banging gongs to announce to the citizens hiding in their homes that the rebellion had been suppressed, and the people did not need to worry and could go about their business as usual.

Gradually, when they found that the outside was calm as usual, the vendors began to open their doors for the night, and the residents who had been hiding all night also dared to go out on the street, and everyone talked about everything that happened last night.

After a night of fighting, in Chang'an City, the army loyal to Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang was wiped out and routed, and Fang Shao's soldiers and horses basically controlled the outer city and the imperial city.

After determining that Chang'an City was completely under control, Fang Shao forced Liu Tai to issue an order to appoint Deng Ai and Wang Ping as generals to fully command the seventy or eighty thousand Chinese troops in Chang'an City, and ordered Zhang Fei to be promoted to Tai Lieutenant, and ordered Fang Shao to command and control the whole team as the general of the Great Sima.

The news of the coup d'état in Chang'an spread rapidly to all parts of the country, and the first to receive the news was naturally the Chinese army stationed in Chencang, Hongnong and Beidi, and in this part of the army, there were many generals loyal to Pang Tong Zhuge Liang, but because of the mutiny, including the important ministers of the DPRK and China, as well as many Chinese generals, were "wiped out" in that palace banquet, in this case, those generals stationed abroad naturally did not dare to move lightly.

At this time, the imperial court came down one after another to comfort the edicts, proclaiming that the generals were in their old positions, and even rewarded the generals in some important positions.

Ten days after the coup d'état, the situation inside and outside the capital was stable, and Fang Shao, in the name of the empress dowager and the emperor, transferred the generals of the Central Army on the periphery of Chang'an to Chang'an in the name of promotion, and arranged for his own descendants to command these troops.

After a month of methodical arrangements, Fang Shao finally completed the control of the more than 100,000 troops in the central government, that is to say, the military and political power of the imperial court is now in his hands.

With power in his hands, Fang Shao decisively opened a killing ring.

He successively forced the emperor to order the execution of Pang Tong, Sima Yi and more than a dozen other "chief evils" of the Pang family on the charge of rebellion, but at the same time he made it clear that only the first evil would be punished with death, and the rest of the followers would not be blamed as long as they repented and reformed.

Pang is a party, most of them are Jingxiang people, at this time, when they saw the fall of Pang Tong, they naturally fell apart and fell to Fang Shao's side, and the Central Plains scholars represented by Sima Yi did not have much power in the imperial court, but had a strong local power in the hometown of the original Wei State.

Sure enough, shortly after Pang Tong and Sima Yi were sentenced to death, Sima Yi's hometown of Hanoi County took the lead in launching a rebellion.

The rebellion of the Central Plains clan was already in Fang Shao's control, and he immediately sent Deng Ai to command 30,000 Chinese troops out of the pass to quell the rebellion, and at the same time sent an order to Wei Yan, who controlled the armies of the two rivers, to severely crack down on the rebellion.

So, under the heavy encirclement and suppression of Deng Ai and Wei Yan, within a month, all the rebels were wiped out, and Fang Shao showed no mercy to the Sima clan in Hanoi, who took the lead in rebellion, and ordered the three clans of the Sima clan to be wiped out in the name of the imperial court. At the same time of brutal suppression, Fang Shao also used both grace and power, and only took revenge on some of the leading clans with capital punishment such as razing the three clans, while the rest of the entourage gave extrajudicial favors and pardoned their crimes.

After a series of military strikes, the local rebellion caused by the coup d'état basically disappeared, and the Central Plains clans were dealt a heavy blow in this counterinsurgency war, and their influence in the local area was further weakened.

After quelling the rebellion in the Central Plains, Fang Shao's power and status in the Han Dynasty were unshakable.

Under this, Fang Shao made another adjustment to the official position of the imperial court.

Among the ministers who participated in the Chang'an Mutiny, Jiang Wei was promoted to General Wei, Deng Ai was promoted to leading general, Wang Ping was promoted to general of the chariot cavalry, Wang Jun was promoted to Zhonghu Army, and Wei Yan from other towns was promoted to hussar general, and everyone was promoted to the rank of village marquis.

At the same time, he also appointed his eldest son Fang Yan as the leader of the army and recorded Shang Shushi, and the second son Fang You as the general of the military division.

Soon after, under Fang Shao's hint, Emperor Liu Tai issued an edict to reappoint Zhuge Liang as the Taifu on the grounds of hard work and high achievement, which was equivalent to depriving Zhuge Liang of his real power, and then issued an edict to promote Fang Shao to prime minister and concurrently serve as the general of the Great Sima.

In this regard, Fang Shao naturally made a strong speech, the emperor and the queen mother repeatedly issued edicts, and the ministers of the government and the opposition also repeatedly praised Fang Shao's merits, crying and making trouble, claiming that if Fang Shao did not come to serve as prime minister, the Han Dynasty would be in danger, and the achievements of Zhongxing would be ruined.

Of course, everyone knows that this is just a form, but this form cannot be left out.

As a result, under the enthusiastic offensive from top to bottom, Fang Shao could only "helplessly" accept the emperor's appointment, officially accept the post of prime minister, and concurrently serve as the general of the Great Sima.

By this time, Fang Shao had officially and fully grasped the military and political power of the Han Dynasty in name and in fact.

(To be continued)