This time, the contradiction between Wang Chongrong and Tian Lingzi has completely intensified. In May, Tian Lingzi transferred Wang Chongrong to the Taining Jiedu envoy Dai Qi Kerang in the name of the imperial court, and then transferred Qi Kerang to the Yiwu Jiedu to make the acting king Chu Cun.

In the end, Wang Chucun was transferred to the Hezhong Jiedu envoy Wang Chongrong, and the commanders of the three major military regions were transferred.

For fear that Wang Chongrong would refuse to leave, he ordered Hedong Jiedu to send troops to Li Ke to escort Wang Chucun to take office.

Tian Lingzi's idea is still good, but it is not feasible. In the late Tang Dynasty, the festival envoy was not transferred away by the imperial court, and Wang Chongrong had two pools of salt.

It is impossible to want to leave, and Wang Chongrong and Li Keyong have joined forces many times in the suppression of the Huangchao Uprising and formed a deep combat friendship, and Li Keyong is of course impossible to send troops to escort Wang Chucun to take office.

Even Wang Chucun felt that nothing could be done, and the court defended Wang Chongrong, saying: "Conquering Huangchao and recovering the two capitals, Wang Chongrong has made great contributions to the country, and it is not appropriate to be transferred lightly." ”

Tian Lingzi was bent on recovering the two pools of salt, but did not take Wang Chucun's advice, and still ordered him to go to Hezhong to take office.

Wang Chucun couldn't help it, so he went with people, and just walked to Jinzhou (now Linfen, Shanxi, under the jurisdiction of Hezhong) and ate a closed door. Wang Chucun already knew that this was the result, and he didn't care about it, so he took someone back again.

In this way, Tian Lingzi saw clearly that there was no possibility for Wang Chongrong, who had always confronted the central government, to settle the problem by peaceful means, and immediately secretly conspired with Zhu Mei and Li Changfu to force Wang Chongrong to hand over Hezhong by force.

Wang Chongrong got the news and immediately asked Li Keyong for help. Li Keyong was preparing to send troops to find Zhu Wen for revenge.

He is also a rejoicing man. immediately replied to Wang Chongrong and said: "Don't worry, Lao Wang, I'll go to Bianzhou first." Wait for me to destroy Zhu Wen, and then return to the division to sweep away the eunuchs and rats. It's just the autumn wind and the leaves. ”

Wang Chongrong was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly sent a letter to Li Keyong: "When the prince returns from the Kanto, I am afraid that I have been captured by the enemy, so it is better for the prince to get rid of the evil on the king's side first, and then it is not too late to clean up the surname Zhu." ”

At this time, Li Keyong heard that Zhu Mei and Li Changfu were secretly colluding with Zhu Wen, and suddenly changed his mind, thinking that it was better to destroy Zhu Wen's wings first, and then decided to send troops to Kanto.

He also said to the Emperor: "Zhu Mei, Li Changfu and Zhu Quanzhong (that is, Zhu Wen) are each other's inside and outside. If you want to destroy the ministers, the ministers have to save themselves, so the ministers gathered 150,000 soldiers from the Fan and Han.

I'm going to go to Weibei to eliminate Zhu Mei and Li Changfu after the New Year, don't worry, your majesty, although you didn't care if Zhu Wen's kid hurt me a while ago,

But I sent troops this time to Ben Zhu Wen's two accomplices, promising not to get close to Jingshi, and promising not to settle accounts with you. To be destroyed in the second town. That is, he returned to his teacher to destroy Zhu Quanzhong to be ashamed of himself. ”

Xi Zong was shocked, and at this time, Zhu Mei also heard that Li Keyong was going to send troops to attack her, in order to force the imperial court to send troops to attack Li Keyong,

He immediately ordered his subordinates to infiltrate Chang'an City three times and five times. Burning the granary and assassinating the palace guards, and the pretext claimed that Li Keyong sent someone to do it. For a time, the capital shook. Rumors are rife.

In order to succeed before Li Keyong sent troops, Tian Lingzi ordered Li Changfu and Zhu Mei to lead 30,000 troops in their own towns. He also mobilized tens of thousands of Shence troops to join forces with him in Shayuan to conquer Wang Chongrong.

Wang Chongrong was guarding the river on the one hand, and asked Li Keyong for help on the other, and Li Keyong immediately led troops to help.

At the end of November, Wang Chongrong sent troops to capture Tongzhou, at this time Li Keyong had also arrived, joined forces with Wang Chongrong, confronted Zhu Mei, Li Changfu and other troops in Shayuan, and went to Shuxizong, demanding that Tian Lingzi, Zhu Mei, Li Changfu and others be killed.

The Emperor had no choice but to issue an edict to reconcile, but what the Emperor said at this time was basically the same as not saying anything.

On December 23, the two sides launched a decisive battle, and the battle lasted only half a day, Zhu Mei and Li Changfu were defeated and unable to form an army, and each led the remnants of the defeated army to retreat to their own town. On the 24th, the news of defeat reached the capital,

Tian Lingzi was shocked when he heard the report, he never expected such a large army to be so vulnerable. The next day, he heard that Li Keyong was rushing to the capital with his men and horses, Tian Lingzi only felt like five thunderbolts, and that night he fled to Fengxiang in panic with Xizong from the Kaiyuan Gate in the west of the city.

Li Keyong entered Chang'an with soldiers and horses, he didn't want to leave the name of the rebellious ministers, so according to the rules of the late Tang Dynasty, the soldiers burned and robbed in Chang'an City, so he led his troops to withdraw from the capital, temporarily lived in the river, and played jointly with Wang Chongrong.

Please return to Beijing. When Emperor Xizong heard this, he was also very pleased, so he appointed Yang Fugong as a privy envoy and ordered his whole team to prepare to return to the palace.

However, Tian Lingzi knew that once he returned to Chang'an, his life would definitely be difficult to protect, so he resolutely disagreed.

Xizong didn't want to listen to him at this time, so he had to go back to Chang'an. As a result, I didn't expect this to force Tian Lingzi to jump off the wall.

On the night of the eighth day of the first lunar month, Tian Eun braved the world's condemnation, led troops to break into the palace of Xizong, and forcibly held Xizong hostage to Baoji.

Here is a talk about the current relationship between Xi Zong and Tian Lingzi. Xizong is the fifth son of Yizong, neither long nor virtuous, and his ability to become emperor is inseparable from the support of the eunuch group. And he was only twelve years old when he succeeded to the throne,

is not very sensible, plus he has been taken care of by Tian Lingzi since he was a child, and he does have a lot of feelings for him.

But at this time, Xi Zong was already a young man in his twenties, and after going through hardships, his thinking had gradually matured, and he began to be dissatisfied with Tian Lingzi's dictatorship. But all around are Tian Lingzi's people,

He was powerless to resist, and then he had resentment, and the history said: "Ling Ziyi is arrogant, forbids the Son of Heaven, and cannot make any decisions. ”

Xizong was held hostage by Tian Lingzi to Baoji this time, and because of the incident, he didn't even know about the civil and military officials, and it wasn't until the next day that the prince Shaobao Kong Wei and several others chased Baoji. Emperor Xi had no choice but to send Kong Wei back to Fengxiang to summon hundreds of civil and military officials to come and serve him.

But in the past, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were very dissatisfied with Tian Lingzi's arbitrary power, but they did not dare to show it because of his power, and at this time they began to adopt the method of passive resistance, and they all found excuses and did not want to go.

Prime Minister Xiao Yu and Pei Che said they were sick, and the petty officials below found their own excuses. Some even said that they didn't have official uniforms, so they couldn't go. Kong Wei spent a long time trying not to even have a person willing to go to Baoji, so he really had no tricks. Later, he said to the Manchu Dynasty civil and military in tears: "Buyi is in a hurry, so you should go there."

Is there a son of heaven covered with dust? As a courtier, tired of calling people who can't go? Everyone was ashamed and moved when they heard this, but still no one was willing to go with him. Only the Fengxiang Festival made Li Changfu feel his loyalty,

gave Kong Wei clothes and money, and sent someone to send him back to Baoji. But then he joined forces with Zhu Mei to join forces with Zhu Mei to welcome the return of the Emperor to the palace.

Originally, Li Changfu and Zhu Mei were still under Tian Lingzi's orders, but Tian Lingzi's robbery caused public outrage and made the world hate them.

Li Changfu and Zhu Mei considered that if they continued to follow Tian Lingzi, they would definitely not end well, and they would not be able to beat Li Keyong and Wang Chongrong. simply turned around and secretly communicated with Wang and Li to conspire to kill Tian Lingzi.

Tian Lingzi also knew the personalities of these two people, and he didn't think it was strange, and when he saw that they sent troops over, he immediately sent the Shence Army to resist.

Then he continued to flee west with the Emperor. Xi Zong's escape to the west this time was carried out with thieves in front and pursuers in the back, and he was even more embarrassed than the last time he was trying to avoid the scourge of the Yellow Nest.

When I walked to the Great Scattered Mountains, I couldn't go up. Xizong had no choice but to hand over the jade seal to Wang Jian, the envoy of the Shence army, and climbed up on foot.

When he arrived at the pavilion bridge, it coincided with the arrival of Feng Xiang's soldiers and set fire to the pavilion bridge. Seeing that the bridge was about to burn off, Wang Jian helped Xi Zong to cross through the flames before escaping. At night, Xi Zong didn't even stutter. Tired and sleepy,

I had to rest my head on Wang Jian's lap for a while. When I woke up, I was already full of tears. I can't help but sigh with emotion,

Then he took off the royal robe, gave it to Wang Jian, and said: "There are many tears on the robe, and today I will give this robe to Aiqing, I hope Aiqing will not forget the danger of life and death with me at this time in the future!" ”

Wang Jianben was one of the eight heads of the late Tang Dynasty generation of eunuch Yang Fuguang, after Yang Fuguang's death, he followed the general Lu Yanhong,

Later, he went to Chengdu to take refuge in Tian Lingzi and was adopted as an adopted son by Tian Lingzi. But in general, until this time,

He can only be regarded as an inconspicuous little person in the era of the late Tang Dynasty, but because he had such an opportunity with Xi Zong,

Only then did Wang Jian gradually reveal his strong man nature, and finally annexed Jiannan Dongchuan, Xichuan and Shannan Xidao in one fell swoop, divided one side, and established the Shu State, known as the former Shu in history, this matter can be talked about later.

Besides, Xizong entered Xingyuan all the way, and immediately received Wang Chongrong, Zhu Mei, and Li Changfu asking to kill Tian Lingzi.

At this time, the prime minister Xiao Yu, who was in Fengxiang, also led hundreds of officials to write to Xizong to expose Tian Lingzi's sins.

It is necessary to cut down the field and thank the world. However, this request was not possible for the sect, so he had to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

In a daze, he named Wang Chongrong as the envoy to receive grain, and ordered him to transfer 150,000 stones of grain to receive Xingyuan.

Wang Chongrong had just finished winning the battle, and he spoke hard, saying: "Tian Eun has not been punished, and he refuses to obey the edict." "The two sides were at a stalemate for a while.

At this time, the situation was very unfavorable to Tian Lingzi, under the joint condemnation of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces and the strong domain, Tian Lingzi was already very clear that his political career was basically coming to an end, so he pushed the boat down the river,

recommended Yang Fugong as the lieutenant of the Zuo Shence Army and the envoy of the Guan Army, and gave him the military power of the forbidden army.

then gave himself the title of Jiannan Xichuan Supervisor Military Envoy, and fled to Chengdu to seek refuge with his brother Chen Jingxuan.

Since then, the most powerful figure in the Xizong Dynasty has bid farewell to the political arena forever.

Looking at what Tian Lingzi did in the Xizong Dynasty, it is really difficult to find the right words to evaluate him, and it can only be said in general terms that he raised the standard of eunuchs to a new level.

He didn't even do anything that was beneficial to the people of the country, but did everything that was not conducive to the country and the people, which made the eunuchs before him unreachable, and it was difficult for the eunuchs who appeared after him to surpass.

Tian Lingzi patted his ass and left, just like he shook his head and didn't take away a trace of clouds, but left a lot of intractable troubles for the sect, and it didn't take long for him to be challenged under a series of chain reactions.

It turned out that in the process of being forced to flee by Xizong, there was a great-grandson of the Jinzhi clan, that is, the great-grandson of Suzong, Li Xi, who fell ill on the way and was captured by Zhu Mei. This is also a very normal thing.

But just in time to catch up, Zhu Mei has been in a depressed mood recently. First, he listened to Tian Lingzi's order to crusade against Wang Chongrong and suffered a crushing defeat, and then because he turned around and asked the court to kill Tian Lingzi. forced Tian Lingzi to take Xizong hostage and flee together,

I make myself a person inside and out. not only offended the Emperor, but also made the feudal towns in the world think that he was a rebellious minister and thief who forced the king to leave, and his reputation was very bad. In order to get rid of this crime, Zhu Mei had an idea,

came up with a good way - simply abolish the Xizong and find a descendant of the Li family to be the emperor, so that the Li Xi in his hands will also come in handy.

Zhu Mei is a hard-working cadre, just do what she says, and immediately find the Manchu civil and military who stayed in Fengxiang. It is said that the Emperor entrusted great power to Tian Lingzi, resulting in "the degeneration of discipline, harassment of the feudal town, and the creation of chaos." ”

He should be resolutely abolished, and another sage should be appointed as the king. However, the abolition of the establishment is the biggest thing in feudal society, and the ministers headed by Prime Minister Xiao Yu are of course impossible to agree, and they have said that there is no major fault in the succession of Xizong for more than ten years.

How can you say that it is wasted? Besides, the power of the DPRK and China is in the hands of Tian Lingzi. If there is any problem, it has to be counted on his head, and it has little to do with the Xi Sect, and he can't agree to the abolition of the establishment.

Zhu Mei didn't bother to talk nonsense with them, so she pulled out her sword and cut off a corner of the table. said: "I will set up a king of the Li family, and those who have dissent will be beheaded." "This is on Zhu Mei's territory, and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces dare not touch him. They were silent.

Zhu Mei was immediately appointed by Li Xiquan, the king of Xiang, to supervise military and state affairs, and proclaimed herself the envoy of the Ten Armies of the Left and Right Divine Strategy. in order to seize military power. At the beginning, it was really supported by some feudal towns that had conflicts with the Xi Sect. For example, Huainan Jiedu makes Gao Yu,

Because he had been in conflict with Xizong all the time, when he saw that Zhu Mei was plotting to abolish Xizong and set up another king of Xiang, he immediately persuaded him to advance.

But not long after, Zhu Mei added an official servant and a salt and iron transfer envoy to herself, integrating the power of the military, government and finance, which was a bit of a big game and caused many people to be dissatisfied.

Originally, Zhu Mei's power in the late Tang Dynasty was relatively small, and strong feudal clans like Zhu Wen, Li Keyong, and Wang Chongrong didn't take him very seriously.

When they saw that a little person like Zhu Mei dared to play Cao Cao's trick under their noses, they were all so angry that they were furious, and they kept saying that they wanted to send troops to fight him.

And even Li Changfu, the envoy of Fengxiang Jiedu, who originally conspired with him, was dissatisfied with Zhu Mei's monopoly of power, not only was he not canonized, but he was also in charge of Zongxing Yuan.

Calling Zhu Mei the emperor without permission is a great rebellion, and he asked to send troops to fight against Zhu Mei.

No matter how grim the domestic situation is, the throne has never been threatened. So when I first heard that Zhu Mei was the king of Xiang, Li Xi,

I was so frightened that I didn't even know which leg to take first when I entered the door. At this time, the new prime minister, Du Rang, can give him ideas,

said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Zhu Mei's kid is just what he can say, in fact, he doesn't have much power, when he made Wang Chongrong and Yang Fuguang break the Yellow Nest together, the relationship was very old.

Let's send Yang Fuguang's younger brother Yang Fugong to Wang Chongrong for help now, and ensure that it is good to make it, Wang Chongrong is strong, and it is no problem to clean up Zhu Mei. ”

As soon as Yang Fugong arrived in the river, Wang Chongrong immediately stated that he wanted to stand against the reactionary clique of Zhu Mei, and offered 100,000 horses of silk to Xingyuan to express his heartfelt feelings.

Immediately afterwards, the envoy sent by Zhu Mei to Jinyang in the name of Li Xi, the king of Xiang, was also detained by Li Keyong.

Later, Li Ke spread the word to the world, saying that he had prepared an army of 30,000, and asked all military towns to go to Guanzhong with him to crusade against Zhu Mei and make great contributions together.

Emperor Emperor Xi was overjoyed when he saw Li Ke's inscription, and at this time, Li Changfu's form had also been delivered, and Emperor Emperor Xi was very pleased.

He was crowned as the inspector of the school, and ordered him to act on the nearest camera. He also ordered Yang Shouliang, the righteous son of Yang Fugong and Yang Fugong, to be the envoy of Jin and Shangjie, and the envoy of the Gyeonggi system, led 20,000 troops out of Jinzhou, and together with Wang Chongrong and Li Keyong, he jointly conquered Zhu Mei.

When Zhu Mei heard the news, she felt that it was better to strike first, so she immediately dispatched her subordinate general Wang Xingyu to lead the team to

The Hexi army of 50,000 sent troops to capture Fengzhou, approaching within 200 miles of Xingyuan Mansion, and wanted to destroy Xizong before the arrival of the army of Qinwang from all walks of life.

And in October of the same year, he supported Li Xi, the king of Xiang, to officially ascend the throne in Chang'an. But soon after, Wang Xingyu, the general of Zhu Mei's department, was defeated by Li Maozhen, the protector of the sect.

In December, Li Maozhen took Fengzhou. At this time, the situation was already very clear, Zhu Mei was angry, and her army was not strong, and the other Qinwang's armies had not yet arrived.

His main force has already been defeated, so his ideal career of Cao Cao will not have any future at all. (To be continued......)