There are many reasons for Chen Fuliang to let Zhang Yongtong bring this sentence to Wang Xuance, and one of the most critical reasons is because the new emperor Yang Xingji introduced by Chen Fuliang is far less justifiable than Yang Tong in terms of the legitimacy of the succession, and he is at a disadvantage in politics, so Chen Fuliang not only cannot prevent the historical event of Wang Shichong's mutiny, but also must promote this mutiny to occur according to the historical process, and it is best to do its best.

It's time to take a look at Wang Shichong's situation here, in fact, Wang Shichong is now very dissatisfied with Yang Tong, Yuan Wendu and others, after Yang Tong succeeded to the throne, although Wang Shichong still held the defense of the outer city, he did not get much political benefit in supporting Yang Dong to ascend the throne, but he was only awarded the title of Duke of Zhengguo, but his official authority was not improved at all. At the same time, Yang Tong not only still obeyed Yuan Wen, who was at odds with Wang Shichong, but also vigorously promoted Lu Chu, Huangfu Wuyi, Guo Wenyi and Zhao Changwen to participate in the auxiliary government, and further dispersed the power in Wang Shichong's hands.

The baby son-in-law Chen Fuliang also affected Wang Shichong, although there is no evidence to prove that Wang Shichong participated in Chen Fuliang's rebellious plan, Wang Shichong actually didn't know that his son-in-law entered the west in order to be the king, but after all, the kinship was placed there, Yang Tong and Yuan Wendu and others said that they absolutely believed in Wang Shichong, but they were still full of jealousy of Wang Shichong in their hearts, for fear that Wang Shichong would collude with his son-in-law and suddenly give the Dongdu Imperial Court a blow, so Yang Tong and Yuan Wen did not miss Wang Shichong's army to forcibly install people. Wang Shichong often has more eyeliner of unknown history around him, and the treacherous Wang Shichong knows this, and he grits his teeth with hatred, but he is helpless.

The reason why Yang Tong did not dare to deprive Wang Shichong of his military power was because he also needed Wang Shichong to resist Li Mi's attack, no matter how much suspicion Wang Shichong received, as long as Li Mi's army was still hostile to the Dongdu army for a day, Wang Shichong could be as stable as Mount Tai for a day. However, Yuan Wendu actually proposed to surrender Li Mi and successfully surrendered, Wang Shichong immediately understood that the danger was coming, and knew that once Li Mijun's relationship with the Eastern Capital eased, his importance in the Eastern Capital court would definitely plummet, and Yang Tong and Yuan Wendu, who had long been suspicious of themselves, were likely to have the intention of unloading the mill and killing the donkey.

Therefore, at the banquet to celebrate Li Mi's surrender, everyone was overjoyed, Yuan Wendu and Duan Da and other important ministers of the court were so happy that they danced in person, but Wang Shichong never had a smile on his face, and he couldn't bear to say a word of grumbling to Cui Changwen, the living man, "Everyone is stupid and stupid like pigs, and I don't want to think about how much military power Li Mi has in his hands, how much military power we have?" Li Mijun is strong but surrenders to us, and it is clear that he is uneasy and kind, this group of stupid pigs is either stupid or blind, and they can't even see this! Unfortunately, this whining sentence unfortunately reached the ears of Yuan Wendu and others, and the contradiction between Wang Shichong and them further deepened.

Facts have proved that Wang Shichong is right, and after the news of Yu Wenhua and going north along the Tongji Canal came, the Eastern Capital Imperial Court finally understood why Li Mi was weak with strength. Wang Shichong sneered proudly, and immediately built yì Yang Dong forced Li Mi to hand over his only son as a hostage, more effectively control Li Mi's rebels, if Li Mi refused, he would take the opportunity to turn his face with him, and pretended to prepare to counterattack and contain Li Mi's part of the army, so that Li Mi could not fully meet Yu Wenhua, and fell into the dilemma of fighting on two sides. It's a pity that Yang Tong once again rejected Wang Shichong's kindness, continued to adopt Yuan Wendu's suggestion, and continued to maintain friendly relations with Li Mi, so that Li Mi could go all out to deal with Yu Wenhua with peace of mind.

It is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong in Wang Shichong and Yuan Wendu's mention, but Yang Tong's acceptance of Yuan Wendu's rejection of Wang Shichong undoubtedly deepened the resentment in Wang Shichong's heart by three points. After the incident, at the gathering of the Wang family, Wang Shichong, who had drunk a lot of alcohol, brought up the matter again, and shouted with the intention of drinking: "The bird is all hidden!" Rabbit dead dog cooking! The old man worked hard to be born and died, and finally stabilized the situation in the eastern capital, and led the army to defend the city to support him to ascend the throne and succeed to the throne, but in the end he did not listen to the old man, the world is in chaos and fashion and so, after the world is stable, is there still a way for my Wang family to live? ! ”

Several of the old Wang's goods were originally the best products that would rather die than suffer losses and desperately take advantage, and after listening to Wang Shichong's dissatisfaction, they naturally continued to scold, and they were all full of resentment towards Yang Tong and Yuan Wendu and others. At the end, Wang Shiyun also said: "Brother Xian, if we can't bear it, why should we suffer from this bird anger? Simply drag the army west into Guanzhong and go to your beloved son-in-law Chen Yingliang. ”

Everyone in the Wang family closed their mouths one after another, in fact, after receiving the news that Chen Fuliang became the emperor of Shangtu in Guanzhong, the old Wang family's demons and monsters had already given birth to this idea, and now Wang Shiyun said what was in his heart, everyone in the Wang family naturally had to see Wang Shichong's reaction. But it's still a pity, after drinking another glass of wine, Wang Shichong shook his head sullenly and said: "No, not to mention that the thief army can't get there, even if we can get into Guanzhong, we can't pull many troops, and when the time comes, there will be no soldiers and horses in our hands, and that unscrupulous son-in-law will definitely not give us any good treatment, at most, I will give some official titles to raise, and I want to continue to be in charge of the army and the army, dreaming!" ”

Wang Shiyun, who had suffered a lot of losses from Chen Fuliang, closed his mouth, but Wang Ren said regretfully: "If it was my uncle who led the troops into Guanzhong, then now it is our turn to claim the king and hegemony in Guanzhong." ”

Wang Shichong turned the empty wine glass and did not speak, and he really regretted that he could not meet such a good opportunity as his son-in-law. At this time, there was a sudden report from the pro-soldiers outside the door, saying that the patrol sentry team had taken a Guanzhong fine work outside the thick door, and also searched out Chen Fuliang's handwritten letter to Wang Shichong from his body, and everyone in the Wang family was very happy to hear it, but Wang Shichong was shocked, and quickly asked: "Where are the Guanzhong fine workers?" Where is the epistle? ”

"The fine work is temporarily held at the Houzai Gate, and the letter has been brought." The soldiers hurriedly submitted the letter, and reported: "The identity of that fine work has been discovered, he is a soldier in the eastern capital, and he wanted to go home after going to Guanzhong with Chen Yingliang, so he was sent back to deliver the letter ....... ”

"Shut up!" Wang Shichong interrupted angrily, and shouted even more angrily: "Who told you to bring the letter here? Why don't you immediately take the letter and the elaborate work to the imperial city and present it to His Majesty the Emperor? ”

yelled, Wang Shichong didn't go to pick up the letter, and shouted directly: "Xuan Ying, you bring the letter and immediately enter the palace with the old man!" ”

Wang Shichong did this, of course, very well because someone was secretly staring at him, in order to avoid melon fields and Li Xia refused to touch Chen Fuliang's letter, the result was not surprising, when he hurriedly led his eldest son Wang Xuanying to the palace after changing his clothes, the audience request was quickly responded, and then entered the palace to get the Jinluan Palace, Wang Shichong's main political enemies Yuan Wendu, Lu Chu and Zhao Changwen were indeed already by Yang Dong's side, Wang Shichong did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly saluted Yang Dong, while explaining what happened, While ordering his son to present Yang Tong with a letter from his son-in-law that he had never even touched.

As a result, Wang Shichong once again wanted to cry without tears, and when the eunuch forwarded the letter to Yang Tong, Yang Tong took it and only glanced at it, and immediately said in surprise: "Wang Aiqing, how did this letter be opened?" ”

Wang Shichong was like being struck by lightning, and when he quickly looked up to look at the situation, he saw that the fire paint seal of the letter had indeed been broken, and it was obvious that it had been opened. Fortunately, Wang Xuanying next to him immediately played: "Your Majesty, the fire paint of this letter was already torn apart when it was delivered to my father, and it should be that my sergeant opened it in order to check the evidence of his guilt after capturing that fine worker." ”

The letter glanced at Wang Shichong's father and son suspiciously, Yang Tong took out the letterhead to watch the content, fortunately, Chen Fuliang's handwritten letter to Wang Shichong did not have much sensitive content, except for saying a lot of New Year's greetings to Wang Shichong as a son-in-law, and then there was claiming that Yang Xingji, whom he supported, was a genuine emperor with virtue and blessing, suggesting that Wang Shichong went to Daxing to meet him and enjoy glory and wealth together.

The content is not much of an obstacle, and now it is necessary to use Wang Shichong, Yang Tong naturally praised Wang Shichong's loyalty, rewarded Wang Shichong's father and son with a little jewelry as a reward and sent them away. And Wang Shichong's father and son walked forward, Yang Tong immediately accepted the construction of Yuan Wendu, and sent Zhao Changwen to interrogate the captive in person, and then pay attention to inquire whether Chen Fuliang's letter had been opened by others in advance when it was delivered to Wang Shichong.

According to the Daxing detailed confession, he wanted to be a deserter because he missed his relatives in Luoyang City, and after being discovered, Chen Fuliang not only did not punish him, but also sent someone to send him through Hangu Pass, rewarded him with dry food and travel expenses, and of course sent a letter to Wang Shichong in exchange for this - this is enough to prove that Chen Fuliang does not attach great importance to whether he can get in touch with Wang Shichong. At the same time, the fine also admitted that he found that the envelope was broken when it was on the road, but he didn't know if it was broken when he handed it to him, or if he accidentally broke it on the way.

While Yang Tong and the others breathed a sigh of relief, the treacherous and suspicious Wang Shichong was worried, because he did not know the content of the letter, and he also learned from the mouth of the soldiers under the command who captured the fine work that they did not open the letter to check the contents, but saw that the envelope had the names of Chen Fuliang and Wang Shichong written on it, so he immediately sent it to Wang Shichong. Therefore, Wang Shichong naturally began to worry that Yang Tong was already suspecting that he was secretly contemplating his son-in-law, not only did he grasp the military power more tightly, but also had to lay out more eyeliner and secretly monitor all kinds of movements in the imperial city and the palace city.

On the 10th day of the seventh month, because of the silting up of the canal and forced to change to the land route, Yu Wenhua and the army plundered grain all the way to the north, and gradually approached Chenliu, Li Mi's defenders in Xingyang were in a hurry, and Li Mi also had to start to transfer troops and send generals, and organize the main army to go east to Hujiao Pass to prepare for the battle. At the same time, Li Mi also used the excuse that Yu Wenhua and the murder of the monarch committed a heinous crime, and if he joined forces with Yu Wenhua, he would definitely attract the world's spit, and categorically rejected Li Er's plan to lead the water to the west.

It was also at this time that Wang Xuance cautiously proposed to Li Mi to persuade Li Mi to use a plan to divide the relationship between Wang Shichong and Yang Dong, Yuan Wendu and others, and urge Yang Tong to relieve Wang Shichong of his military power. As a result, before Wang Xuance's words were finished, Li Mi had already applauded the case and praised: "Brilliant plan!" In the eastern capital, only Wang Shichong can use troops and pose a threat to our army, if Yang Dong, Yuan Wendu and others can cut off Wang Shichong's military power, no matter how much time the main force of our army is delayed on the eastern front, the western front can rest easy! ”

After the compliment, Li Mi, who appreciated Wang Xuance more and more, hurriedly asked how to use the strategy, Wang Xuance was not very good at this aspect, so he could only start from the relationship between Wang Shichong and Chen Fuliang's son-in-law, and could not put forward a specific plan. However, this has nothing to do with this, after Li Mi, who is definitely a raccoon dog with Chen Fuliang, has this idea, he only thinks about it for less than a moment, and quickly comes up with a bad idea that is as lacking in virtue as Chen Fuliang, and immediately began to implement it.

So soon, on the evening of the second day when Li Mi led the main force to set off eastward, a corpse and a letter were sent to the eastern capital of Luoyang, or through Guò Longguang Gate to bypass Wang Shichong and be sent directly into the palace city of Luoyang. The messenger also told Duan Da, who came forward to receive him, saying that when Yang Defang's sentry patrolled, he found a suspicious character on the mountain path that bypassed Xin'an and went straight to Hangu Pass, and when he stepped forward for interrogation, the suspicious character fled for his life in a hurry, accidentally fell off the cliff and died, and then found an important letter stained with blood on the dead body, Yang Defang did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent him to send the dead body and the letter to Yang Dong.

Of course, the important letter stained with blood was written by Wang Shichong to Chen Fuliang, and the letter sent by Li Mijun's envoy, who had captured a large number of Wang Shichong's letters and official documents in the Battle of Blackstone, was of course exactly the same as Wang Shichong's handwriting, and the content made Yang Tong and Yuan Wendu and others even more terrified - Wang Shichong first reported to Chen Fuliang in the letter that the main force of Li Mi's army had gone east, and then asked Chen Fuliang to send troops eastward, and he should cooperate with himself to take Luoyang City, and capture the puppet emperor Yang Tong and the traitor Yuan Wendu!

In addition, there was another thing that also made Yang Tong and Yuan Wen and others frightened, at the end of the letter, it was even covered with the cinnabar seal of Wang Shichong, King Zheng of the Great Sui! - Yang Tong gave Wang Shichong the title of Zheng Guogong, Wang Shichong has now emerged with a title of King Zheng, who sealed it, Yang Tong and Yuan Wendu and others can of course guess with their toes.

It's a very simple plan to divide the line, but the young and shallow Yang Tong and the mediocre loyal minister Yuan Wendu and others still fell into the plan, and a plan to cut off the traitor Wang Shichong was also quickly released, Yuan Wendu proposed to arrange an ambush in the palace, and when Wang Shichong went to the court, he suddenly made a move, and took him down and beheaded! Yang Tong, who had long been suspicious of Wang Shichong, agreed to the establishment of Yuan Wendu without much time, and then Yuan Wendu immediately found Duan Da, Lu Chu, Guo Wenyi, Huangfu Wuyi and Zhao Changwen and other loyal ministers of the imperial court, announced Yang Dong's decision to them, and discussed the plan with them, and quickly decided to get rid of Wang Shichong in the early dynasty a day later!

Yang Dong and Yuan Wen naturally underestimated Wang Shichong, in fact, not long after Li Mijun's envoy sent the body into the palace, Wang Shichong had already heard the rumors, and then Yang Tong summoned Lu Chu and Duan Da and others overnight, and was soon sent to Wang Shichong by the eyes of the surveillance of them. Therefore, Wang Shichong not only immediately sent a large number of people to listen to the news, but also immediately strengthened the security work, not giving Yuan Wendu and others any chance to make a sudden move.

At the same time, Wang Shichong's luck is also quite good, although he did not hear the plan of Yuan Wendu and others, a day later, when Yuan Wendu and others arranged an ambush in the palace to prepare for the move, Wang Shichong suddenly suffered some minor injuries to his foot, and was forced to take leave in order to rest, and inadvertently escaped the catastrophe, which also made the painstaking arrangements of Yuan Wendu and others in vain.

Wang Shichong's leave also led to an unexpected consequence, that is, he inadvertently scared Yuan Wendu and Duan Da and other auxiliary ministers, without knowing that Wang Shichong was really forced to take leave, Yuan Wendu, Duan Da and others all suspected that the rumor had leaked, and Wang Shichong already knew that they were going to kill him. Among them, Duan Da, who had a cowardly personality, was extremely frightened, and in order to save his life, he actually sent his son-in-law Zhang Zhi to Wang Shichong to tell him if his head was in the water, and asked Zhang Zhi to tell Wang Shichong, saying that he was responsible for the defense of the Sun Gate, and if Wang Shichong was willing to enter the palace city, he could open the Sun Gate to welcome Wang Shichong into the palace.

In this way, the Eastern Capital Mutiny inevitably occurred, the furious Wang Shichong in order to protect himself, but also out of instinctive self-defense, immediately convened the generals under his command to discuss the Qing Jun side, and loyal to the Sui Yang Emperor General Fei Qingnu has been killed in the previous battle, the rest of the generals are not Wang Shichong's relatives, or Wang Shichong's henchmen, and they are tortured by lack of food and complain, Yuan Wendu and others who are incompetent and loyal ministers who do not do their business all day long are full of resentment, and listen to Wang Shichong's decision not only no one objected, but also all applauded, Vowed to follow Wang Shichong.

Then, Wang Shichong immediately gathered 20,000 elites with the old Huainan Department as the backbone, announced to them that Yuan Wendu and others were preparing to kill themselves unjustly, announced in public that they would raise troops on the side of the Qing monarch, and promised to reward the soldiers after success, and give priority to the increasingly scarce food in the city to supply the soldiers in the army who had suffered from lack of food, and 20,000 soldiers received orders in unison under the leadership of the generals, and then under the personal leadership of Wang Shichong, they pulled out to the imperial city, and the blade pointed directly at the only right Xuanhui Gate outside the imperial city of the eastern capital that was suitable for large-scale operations. Wang Shiyun, Wang Shiban and others also immediately led the garrisons of other city gates, quickly blocked the large and small roads in the city and the Tianjin Bridge and other key points, prohibiting pedestrians.

At the critical moment, Yang Tong and Yuan Wendu and others did another stupid thing, did not strengthen the city to protect themselves, and ordered the general who defended the imperial city, Baye Gang, to lead the defenders of the imperial city to go out to fight back, knowing that Wang Shichong's powerful Baye Gang was forced to lead the army out of the city, and when he saw Wang Shichong's army rushing murderously, he knew very well that he was not Wang Shichong's opponent Baye Gang simply surrendered neatly, and offered the right Xuanhui Gate and led the army to join Wang Shichong's mutiny.

As agreed, Duan Da opened the Sun Gate very faithfully to welcome Wang Shichong into the city, and Yuan Wendu, Lu Chu and others, who were urging the Imperial Forest Army to guard the other palace gates, were caught off guard, so they could only hurry back to the Qianyang Palace to ask Yang Dong for help, Yang Dong was forced to have no choice but to walk out of the Qianyang Palace, and shouted and asked Wang Shichong what he was doing here. Wang Shichong dismounted, endured the pain in his feet and bowed to Yang Tong, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Yuan Wendu and Lu Chu and other traitorous ministers listened to the rumors and wanted to kill Weichen for no reason, and Weichen must not lead the army to clear the king's side!" Please execute Yuan Wendu and Lu Chu and other traitors and thieves, and the ministers are willing to accept the guilt! ”

At the same time, the general Fei Yao, who hurriedly led the army to reinforce, was easily defeated by Wang Renze, Wang Shichong's army quickly surrounded the Qianyang Palace, Wang Shichong once again opened his mouth to force Yang Tong to hand over Yuan Wendu and others, Yang Tong, who was only fifteen years old, was coerced, but he could only order the guards to take Yuan Wendu and Lu Chu and others, and hand them over to Wang Shichong for treatment. And when the guards held down Yuan Wendu, Yuan Wendu shed tears, choked up and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister died today, I'm afraid it will be your turn tomorrow." ”

Hearing this, Yang Tong cried loudly, but he still didn't have the courage to leave Yuan Wendu, and still waved his hand to let the guards push Yuan Wendu and others down the Qianyang Palace, and handed them over to Wang Shichong's army to hack to death.

Yuan Wendu, you are a loyal minister, it was you who prevented Chen Yingliang from dominating the Eastern Capital, and you did not misunderstand Wang Shichong, but you are an incompetent loyal minister, and you have no ability to block the seventy yards of the giant wheel of history.

On July 21 of the first year of Sui Yining and the first year of Huangtai, Wang Shichong mutinied in Jiangdu, killing Yuan Wendu, Huangfu Wuyi, Lu Chu, Guo Wenyi and Zhao Changwen and other five auxiliary ministers, and executing their entire families. The military and political power of the eastern capital has been held by Wang Shichong since then, the eastern capital is surnamed Wang, the western capital is surnamed Chen, and the eastern and western capitals of the Great Sui have both fallen into the hands of a pair of unscrupulous sons-in-law. Died in battle, the rest of the generals in charge of the army were either Wang Shichong's relatives, or Wang Shichong's henchmen, and they were tortured by lack of food and complained, and Yuan Wendu and others, who were incompetent and loyal ministers who did not do their jobs, were full of resentment for a long time, and not only did no one oppose Wang Shichong's decision, but they all applauded and swore to follow Wang Shichong.

Then, Wang Shichong immediately gathered 20,000 elites with the old Huainan Department as the backbone, announced to them that Yuan Wendu and others were preparing to kill themselves unjustly, announced in public that they would raise troops on the side of the Qing monarch, and promised to reward the soldiers after success, and give priority to the increasingly scarce food in the city to supply the soldiers in the army who had suffered from lack of food, and 20,000 soldiers received orders in unison under the leadership of the generals, and then under the personal leadership of Wang Shichong, they pulled out to the imperial city, and the blade pointed directly at the only right Xuanhui Gate outside the imperial city of the eastern capital that was suitable for large-scale operations. Wang Shiyun, Wang Shiban and others also immediately led the garrisons of other city gates, quickly blocked the large and small roads in the city and the Tianjin Bridge and other key points, prohibiting pedestrians.

At the critical moment, Yang Tong and Yuan Wendu and others did another stupid thing, did not strengthen the city to protect themselves, and ordered the general who defended the imperial city, Baye Gang, to lead the defenders of the imperial city to go out to fight back, knowing that Wang Shichong's powerful Baye Gang was forced to lead the army out of the city, and when he saw Wang Shichong's army rushing murderously, he knew very well that he was not Wang Shichong's opponent Baye Gang simply surrendered neatly, and offered the right Xuanhui Gate and led the army to join Wang Shichong's mutiny.

As agreed, Duan Da opened the Sun Gate very faithfully to welcome Wang Shichong into the city, and Yuan Wendu, Lu Chu and others, who were urging the Imperial Forest Army to guard the other palace gates, were caught off guard, so they could only hurry back to the Qianyang Palace to ask Yang Dong for help, Yang Dong was forced to have no choice but to walk out of the Qianyang Palace, and shouted and asked Wang Shichong what he was doing here. Wang Shichong dismounted, endured the pain in his feet and bowed to Yang Tong, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Yuan Wendu and Lu Chu and other traitorous ministers listened to the rumors and wanted to kill Weichen for no reason, and Weichen must not lead the army to clear the king's side!" Please execute Yuan Wendu and Lu Chu and other traitors and thieves, and the ministers are willing to accept the guilt! ”

At the same time, the general Fei Yao, who hurriedly led the army to reinforce, was easily defeated by Wang Renze, Wang Shichong's army quickly surrounded the Qianyang Palace, Wang Shichong once again opened his mouth to force Yang Tong to hand over Yuan Wendu and others, Yang Tong, who was only fifteen years old, was coerced, but he could only order the guards to take Yuan Wendu and Lu Chu and others, and hand them over to Wang Shichong for treatment. And when the guards held down Yuan Wendu, Yuan Wendu shed tears, choked up and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister died today, I'm afraid it will be your turn tomorrow." ”

Hearing this, Yang Tong cried loudly, but he still didn't have the courage to leave Yuan Wendu, and still waved his hand to let the guards push Yuan Wendu and others down the Qianyang Palace, and handed them over to Wang Shichong's army to hack to death.

Yuan Wendu, you are a loyal minister, it was you who prevented Chen Yingliang from dominating the Eastern Capital, and you did not misunderstand Wang Shichong, but you are an incompetent loyal minister, and you have no ability to block the seventy yards of the giant wheel of history.

On July 21 of the first year of Sui Yining and the first year of Huangtai, Wang Shichong mutinied in Jiangdu, killing Yuan Wendu, Huangfu Wuyi, Lu Chu, Guo Wenyi and Zhao Changwen and other five auxiliary ministers, and executing their entire families. The military and political power of the eastern capital has been held by Wang Shichong since then, the eastern capital is surnamed Wang, the western capital is surnamed Chen, and the eastern and western capitals of the Great Sui have both fallen into the hands of a pair of unscrupulous sons-in-law.