But Li Siyuan did not answer. After Li Congrong came out, he heard that the people in the palace were crying, thinking that Li Siyuan was dead, and he couldn't help but get entangled, he knew that the public opinion was unfavorable to him at that time, and he was worried that he would not be able to inherit the unification.

So, the next morning, he claimed that he was sick and could not enter the palace for questioning, and began to secretly plot with his henchmen, planning to enter the palace by force to subdue the ministers.

In fact, that night, Li Siyuan's condition had improved slightly, but Li Congrong didn't know it.

On the 19th, Li Congrong sent the capital to tell Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Bin: "I want to bring troops into the palace to wait for the emperor, and I am prepared for extraordinary changes, where should I live?" ”

Zhu Hongzhao is a native of Taiyuan, Shanxi, and followed Li Siyuan as a guest general in his early years.

When Dong Zhang was appointed as the envoy of Dongchuan Jiedu, Li Siyuan took Zhu Hongzhao as his deputy envoy and supervising the army, and at that time, all the feudal towns in the world dismissed the supervising army, so Meng Zhixiang, the envoy of Xichuan Jiedu, quickly killed Li Yan, the supervising army, Zhu Hongzhao was terrified when he heard the news, and begged to return the Beijing division.

Dong Zhang didn't allow it, so the two were suspicious of each other, Zhu Hongzhao was very open and honest in order to save his life, pretending to be like a grandson, so Dong Zhang respected him. Soon, Dong Zhang sent Zhu Hongzhao into the court, and he was out of danger.

After returning to Beijing, Zhu Hongzhao served as the general of the left guard, the envoy of the province of Neike, the envoy of the southern court of Xuanhui, the envoy of the Fengxiang Festival, when Meng Zhixiang and Dong Zhang's joint forces were in turmoil, Li Siyuan ordered Shi Jingjiao to lead the troops to attack Shu, because the war was not going well, Li Siyuan was ordered to go to supervise the army, An Chongzhi came to Fengxiang, and Zhu Hongzhao greeted him. Courteous,

Invite Ann to your home. Ordered his wife and concubine to eat and drink with him. An Chongzhu thought that Zhu Hongzhao was afraid of himself, so he was drunk. said that he had a good relationship with the Son of Heaven, but later the Son of Heaven had an estrangement with himself because of the slander, and he couldn't help crying when he talked about emotion.

When Zhu Hongzhao heard this, he immediately said that An Chongzhi had complaints, and ordered someone to tell Shi Jingjiao and ask him to try, Shi Jingjiao was originally unwilling to cut down Shu, so at this time, he burned the camp and retreated on the grounds that the food and salary were not continued. Then An Chongzhi was recalled to Jingshi, and when passing by Fengxiang, Zhu Hongzhao closed the door, and An Chongzhi was offended and died.

The privy envoy Fan Yanguang was disgusted with Zhu Hongzhao as a person, and Shangjuan dismissed him as the general of Zuo Wuwei and the envoy of the Xuanhui Southern Yuan, and became the envoy of Shannan Dongdao.

At this time, Li Siyuan was terminally ill, Li Congrong had the intention of making trouble, and most of the ministers wanted to avoid trouble. Privy envoys Fan Yanguang and Zhao Yanshou resigned, Li Siyuan made Zhu Hongzhao and Zhao Yanshou privy envoys, and Zhu Hongzhao was also afraid of disaster and refused to take office. Li Siyuan was furious, and Zhu Hongzhao had to reluctantly take office.

After hearing this, Zhu and Feng were reluctant to mix with him. He replied, "Please choose the place yourself." Then he said to Ma Chujun in private: "The emperor is safe and sound, and the king of Qin should do his best to practice the way of loyalty and filial piety."

Don't believe the nonsense of bad people. Li Congrong couldn't help but be furious when he heard this, and sent Ma Chujun to tell Zhu and Feng: "Don't you two cherish your own family? How dare you resist me! ”

Zhu and Feng were afraid. Entering the palace to report to Wang Shufei and Xuanhui envoy Meng Hanqiong, they all said: "This matter cannot be handled without the cooperation and support of Kang Yicheng." "Kang Yicheng here, the word Xinchen, is a member of the three tribes of Shanxi and the north, and some people say that he is a member of the "Shatuo Six States Tribe".

Kang Yicheng was famous for his good riding when he was a teenager, he followed the Jin King Li Cunqing, in 923, when Li Cunqiao destroyed Liang, he appointed Kang Yicheng as the commander of the cavalry, when Zhao rebelled according to Weizhou, Kang Yicheng followed Li Siyuan to crusade, and after arriving at the city of Weizhou, Kang Yicheng accused Li Cunqiao of his mistakes in front of Li Siyuan, persuaded him to raise troops, and soon the crusade army was in turmoil, and Li Siyuan was established as the emperor,

Turning to the south, Li Cunqiao died at the hands of the rebellious army, and Li Siyuan succeeded him as emperor. Kang Yicheng was named the commander of the Holy Praise for his merits, and led the history of the Fenzhou Assassin.

In 927, Xuanwu Jiedu made Zhu Shouyin rebel, Kang Yicheng followed Li Siyuan to conquer in person, Zhu Shouyin committed suicide in the city, Kang Yicheng was promoted to the commander of the guard pro-army Ma Bujun because of his merits, and led the envoy of the three cities of Heyang, and then transferred to the Shannan Dongdao Jiedu envoy and the pro-army commander, and then led Heyang, and carried the position of Pingzhangshi under the same Zhongshu Gate. He was a powerful figure in the capital at that time.

Zhu and Feng summoned Kang Yicheng to the inner court to discuss the method, and because Kang Yicheng was Li Congrong's person, he couldn't make up his mind for a while, but said: "Yicheng is a soldier with troops, and he doesn't dare to interfere in the affairs of the imperial court, I only obey the drive of the prime minister." ”

Zhu Hongzhao suspected that Kang Yicheng didn't want to express his position in front of everyone, so at night, he invited him to his home to ask again, and Kang Yicheng replied the same as before.

On the 20th, Li Congrong dressed in his usual uniforms and led the infantry cavalry to line up at Tianjin Bridge. At dawn that day, Li Congrong sent Ma Chujun to Feng's mansion and said to him: "I have decided to enter the palace today, and I will live in the Xingsheng Palace, which is preparing for the heir.

Each of you has your own clan, and you should be careful and cautious in your work, and it will be decided in an instant whether it is a blessing or a curse. ”

He also sent Ma Chujun to see Kang Yicheng, and Kang Yicheng replied: "As long as the King of Qin comes, I will welcome him." Feng Bin galloped into the right door and saw Zhu Hongzhao, Kang Yicheng, Meng Hanqiong and the three envoys Sun Yue gathering outside the gate of the Zhongxing Hall to discuss.

He told them Ma Chujun's rumor, and rebuked Kang Yicheng and said: "The king of Qin said, 'Whether it is a disaster or a blessing is determined in an instant', the stakes of this matter are very clear.

Don't look left and right just because your son is serving in the Qin Palace! The emperor promoted us from ordinary people to generals, if the soldiers of the King of Qin were allowed to enter the forbidden area, what position should the emperor be in? Can we still have a bereaved family? ”

Before Kang Yicheng could answer, the gate keeper came in and reported: "The King of Qin has led his soldiers and horses to the outside of Duanmen."

Meng Hanqiong flicked her sleeves and stood up and said, "Today's incident has endangered the emperor, do you still hesitate to wait and see, and care about personal gains and losses?"

How can I cherish the rest of my life, and I can only lead the soldiers to resist him! Immediately entered the gate of the Zhongxing Palace, Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Bin also followed him, and Kang Yicheng had no choice but to enter the inner palace.

Meng Hanqiong saw Li Siyuan and reported that "King Congrong of Qin has rebelled, and his soldiers have attacked Duanmen and are about to enter the palace." It's going to be a big mess. The people in the palace looked at each other and cried, and Li Siyuan said: "Why do you want to do this!" ”

He said to Zhu Hongzhao and others: "Is there such a thing? They answered, "Yes." The gatekeeper had just been ordered to close the gate. ”

Li Siyuan pointed to the sky and wept, and said to Kang Yicheng: "Please make your own decisions." Just don't disturb the people! ”

Li Chongji, the commander of the crane, was the son of Li Congke, who was serving by Li Siyuan's side at that time, and Li Siyuan said to him: "Your father and I braved the rain of guns and arrows to pacify the world, and he rescued me from danger several times. Do such a rebellious thing!

I knew that such a man would not be able to entrust them with great affairs, and that it was right to summon your father and entrust him with the power of the army. You now arrange for me to close all the palace gates and defend them. Li Chongji couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, and immediately led the crane soldiers to guard the palace gate.

Meng Hanqiong put on armor, rode a war horse, summoned Zhu Hongshi, the commander of the horse army, and asked him to lead 500 cavalry to attack Li Congrong. At this time, Li Congrong was leaning on the Hu bed. Sit on the bridge and let the left and right attendants summon Kang Yicheng to come.

Since the end door was closed, he knocked on the left door and peeked in through the crack in the door. Seeing Zhu Hongshi leading the cavalry from the north, the attendant hurriedly reported to Li Congrong. Li Congrong was greatly surprised, so he ordered to take the iron armor to cover the heart. Sit there and draw your bow.

It didn't take long for the cavalry to rush over. Li Congrong retreated and fled to the Henan Prefecture Bureau, and his subordinates fled and went into hiding. The tooth soldiers looted Jiashanfang and then fled and scattered.

Li Congrong and his concubine Liu hid under the bed, and An Congyi found them and executed them on the spot, and killed his sons, and presented their heads to the imperial court. At first, Sun Yue participated in the inner court and conspiracy was very deep.

Zhu and Feng were afraid that Li Congrong would be difficult to deal with, so Sun Yue tried his best to analyze the situation for them, and Kang Yicheng hated him because he was Li Congrong's person, so he secretly sent cavalry to shoot him to death at this time.

Li Siyuan "heard that Congrong was dead, and fell on the couch with grief, and he was never left alone", and his condition worsened since then. Li Congrong had a son who was still very young, raised in the palace, and the generals demanded that he be killed, Li Siyuan wept and said, "What is the crime of this child!" ”

had no choice but to hand over the child to the generals. On the 21st, Feng Dao led his ministers into the court and met Li Siyuan in the Lama Temple. On the 26th, Li Siyuan died, and Li Conghou, the king of Song, succeeded to the throne.

Li Conghou, the third son of Li Siyuan, was born in the eleventh year of Tang Tianyou, has a benevolent personality, indecisive, and is a good person, but not an emperor.

After ascending the throne, Li Conghou began to reuse Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Bin, but these two had no prestige and no talent, and they only knew how to exclude dissidents, and everyone dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

Zhu and Feng were afraid of Li Congke, who was leading the troops in Fengxiang, and regarded Li Congke as a big danger and wanted to get rid of him first and then quickly.

Li Congke, a native of Zhenzhou, passed by Pingshan when Li Siyuan followed Li Cunqiao to go out to conquer, and met Li Congke's mother Wei, so he plundered their mother and son together. At that time, Li Congke was only in his teens, and Li Siyuan was very fond of him, and accepted him as his own son.

Li Congke's nickname is twenty-three, and he was cautious and steady when he was a child. When he grew up, he was majestic and famous, and he was even more loved by Li Siyuan. He followed Li Siyuan to fight and became famous for his bravery. Even Li Cunmiao said: "Ah San dares to fight to the death like me." ”

When Li Cunmiao fought a fierce battle with the Houliang army at Huliupi, the two armies fought inextricably, and Li Congke protected Li Cunmiao and captured a dirt mountain, which boosted the morale of the army again, so as to repel the strong enemy.

At that time, Li Siyuan was very unhappy because he crossed the river first, and blamed Li Siyuan and said: "The prince should fight for my palace, why should he cross the river first?" ”

Li Siyuan pleaded guilty and waited for Li Cunmiao to be punished, but Li Cunmiao felt that Li Congke had made meritorious contributions in following him, so he no longer investigated it deeply.

Later, the Jin army and the Liang army fought on the banks of the Yellow River, and when the Liang army retreated, Li Congke led a dozen cavalry mixed in the Liang army and retreated with them, and when they reached the gate of the enemy's camp, Li Congke shouted and killed several Liang soldiers,

Then he cut off the lookout pole of the Liang people with an axe and then calmly returned to his camp, Li Cunqiao saw this and shouted: "Strong, Ah San! ”

Then immediately he had a good wine brought and gave him a large cup with his own hands.

When the Later Tang Dynasty sent troops to destroy the Later Liang. Li Congke followed Li Siyuan to attack Yunzhou first, and then defeated and captured Wang Yanzhang, the general of Later Liang. Then, the long-distance day and night non-stop attack on Bianzhou, the capital of Houliang. Be the first to reach the castle.

After the success, Li Cunqiao comforted Li Siyuan and said: "The revival of the Tang Dynasty Sheji, the contribution of Aiqing's father and son." When his father Li Siyuan was forced to lead troops south to attack Luoyang to fight for the throne, Li Congke also led troops south from Quyang, Yuxian and other places in the north to help his father.

After Li Siyuan succeeded to the throne as emperor, Li Congke had irreconcilable contradictions with An Chongxue, and An Chongzhi wanted to harm him several times, but fortunately, Li Siyuan was able to survive.

After An Chongzhi was given death by Li Siyuan. Li Congke first served as the general of the left guard, and then promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and then served as the envoy of Fengxiang, and then was named the king of Lu.

At this time, Li Congke heard the news and was also wary of them, often saying that he was sick and did not go to the court. Li Conghou was afraid that Li Congke would threaten his throne, and Zhu and Feng fanned the flames on the side, so they also began to take measures to restrain Li Congke.

first demoted Li Congke's son Li Chongji from the capital. went to the remote Bozhou to serve as a regimental training envoy, and summoned Li Huiming, the daughter of Li Congke, who was a nun, into the palace as a hostage.

Then follow the strategy of Zhu and Feng, and let the foreign king Li Congzhang be the envoy of the Fengxiang Festival and replace Li Congke. And let Li Congke transfer to Hedong as the envoy of the festival.

Li Congzhang has a rude temperament, and used to guard the river on behalf of An Chongzhu, and killed An Chongzhu with his own mallet. Li Congke heard that Li Congzhang was going to replace him. Disgusted in his heart, he wanted to refuse the orders of the imperial court. But the soldiers are weak and the food is scarce, and I don't know what to do.

He consulted with his subordinate generals, and everyone said: "Since the emperor is old, the country's political affairs have been manipulated in the hands of Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Bin.

Therefore, we must not accept the substitution of others. ”

Li Congke asked the observation judge Ma Yinsun and said, "Now, I need to go to Luoyang, which direction should I take?" Ma Yinsun replied: "The monarch has a destiny to call, and he cannot wait. You should go to Jingshi to attend the funeral of the first emperor, and then go to the northern capital of Taiyuan to stay in the town, what is there to hesitate about!

The ideas you give you are very bad, and you can't listen to them. "Everyone laughs at him for not changing with the times, too broad.

So Li Congke issued a proclamation to the neighboring provinces, saying: "Zhu Hongzhao and others, taking advantage of the serious illness of the first emperor, killed Chang Lishao, specialized in the power of the imperial court, divided and provoked the royal family, shook the foundation of the feudal town, and feared that they would overthrow the Tang Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji."

Now, Congke is about to enter the side of the Qing monarch, and such a big thing cannot be done alone, so he is willing to ask for the support of the neighboring domains and work together to achieve this goal. ”

Li Congke thought that Wang Sitong, who was left behind in Chang'an, the western capital, was on the way to seek Luoyang from Fengxiang to the east, and especially hoped to make friends with him, so he sent the magistrates Hao Xu and Zhu Ting to Chang'an to meet Wang Sitong one after another, explain the benefits and disadvantages to him, and give a prostitute as bait, and planned to execute him on the spot if he did not obey.

Wang Sitong, a native of Youzhou, his father Wang Jingrou, successively served as the assassin of Ying, Ping, Confucian, Tan and Ying, and his mother was Liu Rengong's daughter, so at first Wang Sitong served under Liu Rengong.

When Liu Shouguang attacked Liu Rengong in Da'an Mountain, Wang Sitong led his subordinates to Taiyuan at the age of 16, and Li Keyong appointed him as the commander of Feiteng. Later, he followed Li Cunqiao to pacify Shandong, and was in charge of various armies many times. Wang Sitong has a loose personality, a little literacy, likes to make poems and sing harmony with others, and calls himself a Jimen warrior.

Li Jiqi, the king of Wei, treated him as a son, when Lu Zhirou was working in Xingsheng Palace and was more powerful, Wang Sitong was uneven.

Lu Zhirou wrote a poem "Zhongnan Mountain", the last sentence has the word "head", Wang Sitong said peacefully: "Liuyi is going to rush to the sky, and Lai Youqing is pressing his head." ”

However, in the Li Cunqiao dynasty, his official fortune has always been poor. After Li Siyuan ascended the throne, he was appointed as the envoy of the same state, and it didn't take long for him to move to Longyou.

Wang Sitong loves scribes, and has the style of the ancient Meng Weijun, no matter whether he is virtuous or not, he will be entertained in the hall, give money and things, and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars every year. For many years in Qinzhou, the people in the border areas have benefited, and the Han nationality and the ethnic minorities have lived in peace.

In the first year of Changxing, Wang Sitong entered the court. Li Siyuan asked him about Qinzhou's border affairs, and replied: "Qinzhou is adjacent to Tibet, and the Tibetan department often violates the law. I tried to appease Huairou and set up more than 40 camps along the border to control the key points.

Whenever the Tibetan people traded and ate to the border, they were required to surrender their weapons. Then use his finger to draw the key control points of the mountains and rivers in Qinzhou.

Li Siyuan said: "Some people say that Wang Sitong doesn't care about things, how can he do this!" Later, the Liangchuan rebellion, Li Siyuan wanted to use him, so he temporarily left him by his side and awarded the right general Wuwei. Soon, he was granted the southwest camp Ma Bujun to stay in Yuhou, Jing Zhaoyin, and Xijing.

During the crusade against Sichuan and Shu, Wang Sitong served as the vanguard commander. When Shi Jingjiao entered the Dasan Pass, Wang Sitong bravely entered the Sword Gate first, but the army did not follow one after another, and was driven out by Dong Zhang's army. When Shi Jingjiao returned to his division, Wang Sitong moved to Shannan West Road because of his efforts to capture Jianmen.

Soon, the east and west rivers were at war, and Li Siyuan was worried that if they were merged into the hands of one person, it would be more difficult for the imperial court to subdue them. Soon, he was once again appointed as Jing Zhaoyin and Xijing to stay behind. (To be continued......)