Chapter 675: Palace Coup
readx; Since Gao Xianzhi left Shuzhong, Guo Yingyi, the general of the Yulin Army, succeeded Gao Xianzhi as the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, and mastered the military power of Shuzhong, Guo Yingyi was originally the Longyou interview envoy and the governor of Qinzhou, and he was extremely poor and luxurious during the official period, he had the best polo and women, in order to perfectly combine the two, he trained several women's polo teams, and each cost dozens of dollars to hundreds of officials, causing resentment and resentment among the people, Li Qing'an retired his official position. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
This made Guo Yingyi extremely resentful of Li Qing'an, so he followed Li Longji into Shu, won Li Longji's trust, and served as the general of the Yulin Army, and soon he took refuge in the new master Li Heng, and made great contributions to Li Heng's palace coup.
Unlike Gao Xianzhi, Guo Yingyi is very good at being an official, familiar with the rules of officialdom, he is especially good at seeing the wind and making the rudder, and will never tie himself to a big tree.
Not only that, but he also arrested more than 5,000 civilians with armaments, under the pretext of examining the spies of the Northern Tang Dynasty, in fact, he was extorting money, and each person was released at a price ranging from 20 to 100 yuan, this alone, his army collected more than 200,000 yuan, causing public resentment to boil, and the court officials were also extremely indignant against him, and even 100 officials jointly impeached him, but Guo Yingyi himself did not care, he himself controlled the most important army in the Southern Tang Dynasty, so he was not afraid that those civilian imperial histories would go to the sky.
Guo Yingyi's home is not in the city, but in a manor in the northern suburbs, of course, he also has a mansion in Chengdu, but he thinks the mansion is too small to play polo, so he moved his family to the suburbs, built a manor covering an area of 150 acres, only a polo field is 100 acres large, every evening, he has to hold a women's polo match, the red tassels dance on the polo field, coquettish scolding, see Guo Yingyi laugh.
However, Guo Yingyi didn't have the heart to watch the women's polo match in the past two days, the battle between the princes, the loss of Jingxiang, and the pressure of the Northern Tang Dynasty, all kinds of unfavorable situations made him feel extremely heavy, and he also realized that his good life was running out, but he still had a trace of luck, things would not be too good, nor too bad, the Northern Tang Dynasty occupied Jingxiang just for the needs of Cao Yun, before An Lushan was destroyed, they may just put pressure on the Southern Tang, not really attack the Southern Tang.
It was already very late at night, Guo Yingyi still hadn't slept, and Li Heng's illness gave him a premonition that maybe something would happen these days, and sleeping would make him lose a lot of opportunities.
It was almost a shift, he yawned, he was indeed a little sleepy, he put down his book, got up and prepared to go back to his room to sleep, as soon as he stood up, he heard hurried footsteps outside, this was the footsteps of his own captain.
"Handsome! Someone urgently wants to see the marshal. ā
"Who is it?"
"It seems to be.... It's Li Fuguo. ā
"What!" Guo Yingyi was stunned, Li Fuguo came.
Guo Yingyi supports Peng Wang Li Wei, not that he has any special affection for Peng Wang Li Zhi, and he found that Li Heng wants to change the crown prince, since the emperor wants to change the crown prince, he naturally follows the emperor, in fact, to be honest, he doesn't like Peng Wang at all, that prince is too weak, too wooden, and likes to listen to the words of those Wenchen, if he ascends the throne, it is actually not good for himself.
But Guo Yingyi's attitude towards the emperor first, as long as the emperor supports it, even if it is a pig, he will raise his hands to support it, but Li Fuguo is the prince's person! Did he come to himself to make himself turn to support the crown prince?
Thinking about this possibility, Xiangyang is over, the prince has lost the support of Yu Chaoen's army, his situation is precarious, and he came to find himself, maybe they are desperate.
Guo Yingyi's first thought was the conditions, and he asked again: "What did Li Fuguo bring?" ā
"Li Fuguo brought a few big boxes."
Guo Yingyi realized something, and said with a smile: "Please wait in the lobby and bring the box in." ā
In a moment, Li Fuguo walked into the lobby, and Guo Yingyi's more than 20 personal soldiers carried five heavy boxes up the hall and opened them one by one.
Li Fuguo came to Guo Yingyi with a low profile today, although he could control Li Heng, but the courtiers wanted to support Li Wei, but he had no way, the most important thing in this is the support of the army, the five thousand Yulin army has already expressed support for the Li family, but there are also 100,000 troops stationed outside the city, and their attitude is very important.
The reason why eunuchs have repeatedly defeated civil officials in history is not only that they hold the power in the palace, but also that their style of doing things is different from that of civil officials.
For example, tonight, Li Heng has already expressed to the university scholar Dou Hua that he will abolish the prince and let him go to get the fold, but Dou Hua thinks that it is too late, and he is not in a hurry to get it tomorrow, and he is not in a hurry, but Li Fuguo is the opposite, he not only preemptively got the holy decree in his hands, but also made a big plan with the crown prince, not only that, but he also went out of the city overnight to find Guo Yingyi for support, and his method was also very simple and practical, not to pay attention to righteousness, and to exchange interests.
Soon, Guo Yingyi walked into the lobby, he glanced at the five boxes, and said with a smile: "It's so late, isn't Gonggong Li resting?" ā
Li Fuguo said with a smile: "Come and visit the handsome, and express my heart by the way." ā
"Oh! How dare I accept the wishes of Grandpa Li? ā
Li Fuguo knows Guo Yingyi very well, greedy for money and lustful, he is Li Longji, who was single-handedly promoted by Li Longji, but betrayed Li Longji, which shows that this person only has interests in his heart, but no loyalty, this is a person who can be wooed.
Li Fuguo didn't speak, and opened the four big boxes casually, and the hall was suddenly full of dazzling, jewelry, showing off so much that people couldn't open their eyes, full of two large boxes of treasures, and two large boxes of gold.
Li Fuguo smiled humbly: "This is the heart of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to Guo Shuai." ā
Guo Yingyi's eyes narrowed with a smile, he intuitively felt that these treasures of gold, worth at least hundreds of thousands of yuan, were simply a windfall, he did not hide the greed in his eyes, and kept rubbing his hands, "This, how can this be embarrassing?" ā
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has admired Guo Shuai for a long time, but he didn't have the opportunity to express his heart, this is only a small part of the prince's heart."
Li Fuguo's words were beyond his words, and there were more important interests, Guo Yingyi was no longer hypocritical, he immediately ordered his soldiers to carry four large boxes into the inner room for his wife, and Li Fuguo was invited to his study.
The two of them entered the study and sat down, and since they had already spoken, Guo Yingyi stopped going around the bend, and asked directly: "I don't know what else the prince has for me?" ā
Li Fuguo smiled and made a list of sky-high prices, "There are fifty palace maids, all of whom are top beauties." In addition, the hussar general, the king of Jinchang County, the actual seal of 500 households, and then the seal of the military department, with the book of the door under the Ping Zhang. ā
Jinchang is a county of Shazhou, and it is also Guo Yingyi's hometown, wealth, county king, general, Xiangguo, Li is a big deal! Guo Yingyi gasped, even the emperor's woman was given to him, what is this going to do, is it ......
Guo Yingyi suddenly realized that this was not simply asking him for support.
"Grandpa Li, is something wrong?"
Li Fuguo nodded, yin [***]: "The saint's illness suddenly worsened, and the imperial doctor said that he might not survive tonight." ā
"What!" Guo Yingyi's eyes widened suddenly, he couldn't survive tonight, "This, how can this be?" ā
"From the root of the illness that fell from childhood, I know that I am most afraid of big stimulation, the loss of Xiangyang, and the annihilation of the 200,000 army, which stimulated him too hard, and as a result, the old disease recurred."
Li Fuguo pointed his fingers, "I heard the imperial doctor say that there is a lot of blood in here, and the facial features are oozing blood, hey!" None of us expected it to come so suddenly. ā
Guo Yingyi suddenly understood, his facial features were bleeding, what was going on, he completely understood, at this moment he suddenly made up his mind, since Li Heng was no longer there, then what taboo did he have, in life, interests are the first priority.
"Then what does the prince want me to do?"
Li Fuguo seemed to see the dawn of victory, and he couldn't wait to say: "The prince hopes that the army will enter the city immediately and impose martial law in the whole city. ā
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In the middle of the night, Li Heng suddenly woke up, maybe it was a dry mouth, maybe it was the footsteps that woke him up, maybe it was an inexplicable uneasiness, he slowly opened his eyes, only to see a few dark shadows standing next to his bed, the lights were all out, and he couldn't see clearly.
"You are... Who? ā
"Father, it's a son!" It was the voice of the crown prince Li line.
"What are you here for..... Why not light up? ā
Li Heng's body was very weak, and his speech was intermittent, and Li suddenly knelt down in front of him and kowtowed to him, "Erchen is here to ask his father to abdicate, since his father can't manage the government, let Erchen save the crisis in the Southern Tang Dynasty." ā
"What did you say?"
Li Heng felt a burst of anger in his heart, and he struggled to sit up, but was held back by Li Tie, making him unable to move.
"Someone! Come on! ā
Li Heng was anxious and shouted, but no one came in for a long time.
Li Xie smiled coldly, "Father, you don't have to shout, no one will come in." ā
"Rebel! You.... What are you doing? ā
Li Heng suddenly saw the murderous intent in his son's eyes, he was scared for a while, and hurriedly said, "Okay then!" I will give you the throne, I ..... Be the emperor. ā
Li shook his head, "I don't need my father's decree, I am the crown prince, as long as my father dies, I will naturally ascend the throne." ā
After speaking, Li stood up and gave a look to a few black-clothed people next to him, several black-clothed people stepped forward, pressed Li Heng's head, hands and feet, and forcibly pried his mouth open, and a black-clothed man took out a very small gourd bottle, pulled out the cork, and poured it into his mouth.
Li Heng was so frightened that his soul was scattered, he struggled desperately, but it was useless, poisonous wine was poured into his stomach, Li Department looked at him coldly from beginning to end, at this moment the relationship between father and son no longer exists, they are just opponents competing for the throne, either you die, or I live.
"Father, don't blame me, it's you who want to abolish me first!"
This was the last sentence Li Heng heard in the world, the sharp pain in his stomach had made him unbearable, he wanted to roll, but his body was held down, making him realize the arrival of death little by little.
Suddenly, Li Heng saw the situation of his eldest son Li Yu being poisoned, he lay in front of the window, stepped forward and stretched out his hand, as if shouting for his father to spare his life, as well as his grandson, his father.
All the dead were resurrected before his eyes, and countless others wanted to kill him, but they were all stopped by the eldest son, who shouted: "You are not allowed to kill my father!" ā
A teardrop of remorse rolled down from the corner of Li Heng's eyes.
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At the same moment when Li Heng was poisoned, the 100,000 Jiannan army rushed into the city again and began to impose martial law, the fang gate was closed, the city gate was not opened, and no one was allowed to go out.
King Peng's mansion was also surrounded by thousands of soldiers, and at the fourth watch, the Li family issued an order to kill King Peng. Thousands of soldiers rushed into King Peng, killed every person, Li Wei and Yan Kai saw that the situation was not good, and fled to the Buddhist scripture building in the backyard in panic, but they were hacked to death by the soldiers who chased them, and poor Yan Kai did not have time to say his identity, and he was also killed.
At the fifth watch, the right minister Wang Heng wrote to the Li department and officially expressed his support for his accession to the throne, and the left minister Cui Yuan also expressed his support for his accession to the throne.
As soon as the morning dawned, the crown prince Li in a dragon robe, under the escort of three thousand ironclad soldiers, walked into the Qinzheng Hall to ascend the throne, accepted the congratulations of hundreds of officials, officially ascended the throne as the emperor, and changed the year name to Xuanren.
The third emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty began.
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(To be continued)