Li Gong's army finally surrounded the cold city. However, they did not launch a fierce attack on the cold city, but beat drums and shouted outside the city for a long time, which made the people in the cold city panic, so they set up camp, buried pots and cooked food, and then rested separately.

It's already the New Year of the year again.

This New Year, it was exceptionally cold. The water inside and outside the city dripped, and the bitter cold wind howled all day long, refusing to stop for a moment. Birds and finches, which have nowhere to feed, hover helplessly in the air, make a terrible chirping.

This New Year, in the cold city of the capital of Xu State, there was no scene of celebration. Whether it is the civil and military officials or the ordinary people, they are all panicked, they don't know what kind of outcome awaits them.

In the streets and alleys, there are no red lanterns, red ribbons, not even a red couplet, which symbolizes the festive atmosphere. Almost all the people closed their homes, barely surviving on the few surplus food they had at home.

The dragon chant of the Ninety-Five Venerable was even more restless.

He paced back and forth in the main hall, threw the tea sent by the palace maids, tore up the seals presented by the ministers, and even his favorite Concubine Chen, who came to invite him to dinner, was also slapped in the face by him, so frightened that Concubine Chen didn't even dare to cry, and quietly retreated.

Just when Long Yin was restless and ready to personally lead the troops to meet the battle, the illness of Liu Tong, the mighty general, miraculously recovered quickly overnight.

The energetic old general, wearing shiny armor, knelt on top of the golden palace, and made a generous statement to Xu Junlong, first heartbroken, condemning the rebellious ministers and thieves who did not know how to repay the emperor's kindness, and then passionately claimed that he wanted to protect his family and defend the country, and fought to the end with the thieves, and asked the holy general to hand over the forbidden army in the capital to his own command.

Long Yin, who had been in anxiety all the time, seemed to grasp the life-saving straw, and was suddenly moved to tears, walked down the steps step by step, personally picked up the old general, and solemnly handed over the tiger talisman to the old general.

The results are predictable.

That night, Long Yin, who was a little at ease in his heart, was in the deep palace, and Concubine Chen happily ate a half-night banquet, enjoyed a midnight dance, and slept happily.

Suddenly, the shouts of killing broke through the inside and outside of the palace, and the firelight illuminated half of the sky in the cold city.

In just two hours, Long Yin, his sons, and concubines obediently tied their hands and were arrested.

Three days later, the city has been completely transformed. Among the civil and military officials, there are those who can't wait to surrender; There are those who would rather die than give in, and die when they hit a wall; There are also those who have been persuaded to submit to Li Chun; There are also those who quietly brought their families back to their hometowns.

Among the ministers who couldn't wait to surrender, some were flatterers, and some were already disappointed in Xu Jun's subordinates. Li Gong treats these two kinds of people differently. There are vassals who are full of talent, but are suppressed by traitors, Li Gong arranged appropriate official positions for them; Flattering, Li Gong ordered someone to temporarily guard it and wait for it to be dealt with again; The official eunuch who died by hitting the wall, Li Gong ordered people to be buried in peace, gave pensions to their families, and ordered them to return to their hometowns to spend the rest of their lives.

In addition, the streets and alleys of the cold city are full of notices for the people. The content of the list is nothing more than to tell the people that they just need to live and work in peace and contentment, there is no need to be frightened, there is no need to worry, and everything is still the same as before.

Li Gong's arrangement, although not perfect, also made the restless cold city quickly stabilize in the shortest possible time.

This day is the fifth day of the first month.

On this day a year ago, the old general Li Sui was arrested and entered the Dali Temple, and because of the humiliation, the old general crashed into the pillar and died.

Li Gong led his son Li Yu, the military advisor Tang Ji, the deputy general Kou Yue, and the soldiers who had followed the old general for many years in Jiyancheng, all dressed in heavy filial piety, came to the hall of Dali Temple, sacrificed Li Sui's soul, found Li Sui's bones that were hastily buried, set up a mourning hall, invited monks, and overtook the old general to ascend to heaven.

Wu Lian, the original secretary of Dali Temple, was caught in front of the spirit of the old general Li Sui. He was already paralyzed with fright, but he couldn't escape the last knife after all.

On the ninth day of the first month, Li Gong ascended the throne and became the emperor under the bitter advice of the ministers, with the country name Damu and the year name Xingde.

Mu, and also, beauty also, respect also, thick also, clear also.

On the tenth day of the first month, Li Xuan, the monarch of Mu State, passed down a holy decree, posthumously admonishing his father Li Sui as the Holy Zhiren Degao Emperor, sealing his mother Mrs. Yan as the queen mother, his wife Yang as the queen, the eldest son Li Yu as the crown prince, the second son Li Sheng as the king of Ning, and the third son Li Yun as the king of Ding. In addition, craftsmen were summoned to build an imperial mausoleum in Jinyue Mountain outside the city, and the first emperor Li Sui was buried.

The old general Liu Tong, crowned An Guogong; Tang succeeded as prime minister and was crowned the Duke of Xiuguo; Kou Yue was named the Great Sima; Yao Hei'er was named Mrs. Yao Guo; Shan Tiezhu is General Hulie, and Jin Heng is General Weiyuan; The other generals also had their own rewards.

At the same time, in the capital, houses and mansions were built for the civil and military personnel.

Everyone was happy, only Tang Ji refused the reward and asked Li Gong to allow him to become a monk in the Zhitong Temple in the city.

Li Gong listened to Tang Ji's request, was silent for a long time, and said earnestly, "Uncle Tang, I know that you are still guilty of the affairs of the former emperor. But I don't blame you for this, I know it all too well in my heart. Xu Jun was mediocre and bent on cutting off the old ministers, only for fear of threatening his throne. Sooner or later, we must find out the mistakes of the former emperor. The old generals of the original Xu State, who is not such a result? And now that the Great Mu Kingdom has just been established, I need a learned person like my uncle to help me come up with advice and govern the country. How did you give up your widow and become a monk? ”

A trace of sadness appeared on Tang Ji's face, and he said softly, "Your Majesty, although our Mu State has just been established, the court is also talented in Wen Taowu and Wu strategy, and Your Majesty is wise and sageful, and he will definitely be able to smooth the governance of Mu State." The old minister did not want to be attached to Hongchen anymore, and asked His Majesty for permission. ”

Li Gong looked at Tang Ji's face and knew that if he was not allowed to become a monk, he would definitely not be at ease, so he had to nod and said, "Uncle, even if this is the case, I can't resist your will." It's just that if there is something in the court and you need your uncle's help, please don't shirk your uncle. ”

Tang Ji hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, if it is useful to the old minister, the old minister will definitely go to the soup and fight the fire, and he will never give up!" ”

A few days later, Tang Ji became a monk in Zhitong Temple, and the law name was clear.

Soon after, the old general Liu Tong, despite Li Gong's repeated retention, insisted on bringing his family and returning to his hometown. Li Gong was helpless, but he had no choice but to give him 300 hectares of fertile land in Liu Tong's hometown as pension funds.

Before leaving, Li Gong personally led the civil and military farewell, watching the old general's car tent go farther and farther, suddenly a sour taste in his heart, and he couldn't say why.

。