[Chapter 5, Volume 5]

Section 514

However, Su Xiuming's plan fell through.

It's not that anyone has seen through or stopped him, but because the people he arranged haven't found a chance to attack Shen Zangfeng, and the situation in Donghu has suddenly come to a big reversal!

The Rong people were defeated almost overnight, and the whole army withdrew from the territory of Donghu in less than two days, and the bold Donghu army even chased and killed them for hundreds of miles, and the Rong people did not turn back to resist. All the Rong people ran like crazy to their king's tent!

When the news first reached the imperial capital and Yanzhou, no one believed it - it was not until three days later that the Tanma sent out was in the same tone, and everyone woke up like a dream, and at this time, the reason for the Rong people's retreat was also inquired: the Rong people aroused the wrath of the heavens.

Of course, this is the Rong people's own opinion, in fact, because there happened to be 20,000 Xiliang troops rushing to the aid of Donghu, the Great Wei knew better than the Rong people about the cause of this heavenly wrath.

Because something similar happened once in Qiudi decades ago, when I returned to the Xiliang soldiers who fought in Donghu, someone happened to hear their elders say that in the pastures on the grassland, occasionally there was a poisonous weed that grew almost exactly the same shape as most of the grasses. The anomaly can only be identified by peeling the grass out of the bush to reveal the stem close to the root. Strictly speaking, this grass is not very toxic to humans, but it is very fatal to livestock.

It does not kill immediately, and the animals that are accidentally eaten will often run wildly on the grassland, collide and attack their own kind because of hallucinogenic and overly excited, and make noise until they die. If you go up to stop it, even the usually tame sheep will resist desperately. Basically, if an animal is eaten by mistake, it is too late to save it.

Especially the medical skills of the Hu people.

This kind of grass is very harmful to livestock, and the livestock after eating it by mistake is particularly terrible, so the herdsmen are afraid and frightened, and they name it the devil grass, which means that the devil is coming.

Fortunately, there are relatively few of them in this magic grass, and they can't be planted. Otherwise, the Wei people would have taken advantage of it a long time ago.

And every time it appears, it often brings great damage to livestock. The herdsmen believed that its appearance meant heavenly punishment and the wrath of heaven.

This was the case with the Di people in the past, and the same is true with the Rong people now.

According to the rules of the Rong people, the punishment of heaven is to ask the whole clan to return to the king's tent and perform a ceremony to sacrifice to heaven to ask for forgiveness from heaven.

Moreover, this ceremony cannot be postponed, the sooner it is held, the better, otherwise there will be a danger of the overthrow of the Heclan.

It is no wonder that the Rong people retreated in a hurry regardless of the good situation on the battlefield.

This time, the Demon Descending Grass was equivalent to saving Donghu, and it also gave the Liu family a chance to breathe, taking this opportunity to deal with the affairs of the servant and strengthen the city fortress.

But the most advantageous is definitely not the Liu family, but the new emperor Shenbo.

Because the Rong people invaded in the first month, the first emperor was still there at that time. And now, within a few days of the new emperor's accession to the throne, the Rong people retreated on their own.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this is naturally the first emperor who was mediocre and cruel, offended the heavens, and attracted the Rong people to attack, thus bringing this military disaster to the Great Wei; Thankfully, this faint monarch died in time, and now the new one who has ascended the throne seems to be quite favored, so he will eliminate the soldiers as soon as he ascends the throne!

Because of such discussions, Shenbo's prestige among the people has risen sharply, and even several popular uprisings have been discussed in several places, thinking that there may be a phenomenon of revival in Dawei, so it calmed down.

Originally, Shen Bo knew before he ascended the throne, he was young, his foundation was not deep, and the position of the crown prince was also his own imperial brother Shen Xun's sin, which caused the anger of the scholars, and the first emperor was old, so he happened to try to stay in the imperial capital, and he often had the advantage of being loved in front of the first emperor - what cannot be ignored is Wei Xinyong's plan for him, and it seems that there is also the handwriting of Sikong Song Yuwang behind it.

In short, the scholars fulfilled him.

Therefore, Shen Bo knew that he was the emperor, and there would not be too many places to call the shots about the affairs of the Great Wei.

He was also ready to compromise with the scholars everywhere.

After all, when Shenbo fought for the throne, the most important thing was to avenge his biological mother Zhou Baolin.

And a few days after he ascended the throne, the deposed queen Gu in the cold palace "died violently"; King Heng Shenxun was sick as soon as he arrived in the fiefdom, and now this reason is just used, and he can't be recalled for a while; But Shenbao, the county lord of Qingxin, was in the imperial capital, and Shenbo gave this sister-in-law a charge of unfilial piety to the emperor, and cut the title and the position of the county lord, because the Taishi Duanmu woke up unexpectedly interceded for Shenbao, Shenbo did not continue to torture this sister-in-law, but drove her out of the palace to fend for herself - and then found an excuse to kill Gu Xiaode, and even degraded several ministers of the Hongzhou Gu family, and then beat the mother Xilin Zhou family hard, which can be regarded as a bad breath!

At this moment, the government and the opposition were full of calls that he was the "master of Zhongxing" destined by God, how could Shenbo not be moved?

Originally, everything was discussed with Taishi and others, and the opinions of Taishi and others were the mainstay, but gradually it became that Shenbo occasionally insisted on his own opinions.

The Taishi group is old and accustomed to seeing the world, where do you not know the changes in Shenbo?

Isn't the reason why they would work together to send off the first emperor in the first place was because the first emperor became more and more disobedient and more and more nonsense? As a result, now the new emperor has only been on the throne for a few days...... Judging from the frenzy of the last period of Chenguang of the first emperor, Taishi and others have always believed that they must not continue to get used to this one anymore!

In this way, Chaozhong suddenly became subtle.

This subtlety, Shenbo immediately felt constrained.

He had just tasted the pleasure of finally breaking away from the threat of Gu's mother and son and becoming a threat to Gu's mother and son, but before he could enjoy himself for two days, he felt the restraint and heaviness of Gu's throne when he was still the queen and his brother Heng was firmly on the throne - Shen Bo was suddenly unhappy.

In private, he sighs for a long time, sorrows and powers, and he is like a puppet.

And the Taishi and others were not happy when they learned the news, so they joined the officials one after another, saying that it was the first emperor who made a big move, and the new monarch ascended the throne, so it was good to be a good life and keep filial piety for the first emperor. As for state affairs, they sympathize with the Holy Majesty, who is now in great sorrow, and must not have the heart or energy to see it, so they will do it for you, please Holy Majesty, don't worry.

…… It's no wonder if you don't worry!

Shenbo tried every means to seize power, almost to the point of inserting a needle. However, he is young, and his wrists are still very immature in the eyes of a group of old ministers; Second, he has no use for his henchmen now - Wei Xinyong and Song Yuwang, who were the first to support him to ascend the throne, both fell ill, the so-called single-handed, where is the opponent of the ministers?

It's not that there are no loyal courtiers who suggested returning the government to Shenbo.

No matter which dynasty or generation, there is always a group of people who cling to the ancestral family law and refuse to let go, and adhere to the oldest and pedantic etiquette and system...... Well, it's the same with Da Wei.

It's just that the people who are in power don't think so, although these people have repeatedly asked the Holy Lord to be in power, but Taishi and others can always find all kinds of reasons to refuse or delay - Shen Bo's resentment against the first emperor is deeper, if it weren't for the mediocrity of the first emperor, Wei Yu and other highly respected ministers of the humerus who even Taishi and these people dare not despise were tortured to death, and now if Wei Yu is here, he will definitely propose to let himself be pro-government.

And with Wei Yu's identity and qualifications, he opened this mouth, and it was impossible for the Taishi to pretend not to hear it.

Where would it be like now, the leader asked the Taishi to return to the government, and let the ministers of the Holy Lord pro-government, although the ministers were noble from the second grade of the Shangshu, but the qualifications and abilities were not enough in front of the Taishi, if it weren't for the fact that this person was born in the side branch of the Song clan in Jiangnan, and was still Song Yuwang's uncle in terms of seniority, I am afraid that the Taishi would have relegated him to other places.

The so-called predecessors planted trees and later people enjoyed the shade, and the predecessors did evil, and the descendants also suffered.

Shen Bo was worried, and he couldn't help but suspect that Wei Xinyong and Song Yuwang fell ill together: "Song Sikong is in the imperial capital, and he was sick once a few years ago, and this time it is said to be a chronic illness. He didn't show up when there were many major events in the DPRK and the central part of the country, and most of them were really sick. But Wei Xinyong is young, and he doesn't look like a person who will get sick for a long time easily! Is he really sick in Fengzhou and can't come to the imperial capital, or is he ...... Deliberately calling sick? ”

Since he thought that Wei Xinyong might have deliberately called himself ill, Shen Bo thought of Wei Zhenghong again: "Yes, this Wei Zhenghong is the eldest son of Changshan Gong, if it weren't for his congenital deficiency and lingering on the sickbed for many years, he would have taken over Ruiyutang like Song Yuwang a long time ago." But after he recovered, he claimed several times that he was going to be out, but he is still in his ancestral home in Fengzhou! ”

"If it is for the sake of hope, this person talked because of his demeanor when he was sick in his early years, and he has a great reputation among the valves. And he has been sick for many years, and he has been stumbling for many years, so it's time to catch up! The reason why I still stay in Ruiyu Hall is obviously because I feel that my Great Wei is declining, and I have a wait-and-see heart! ”

Thinking of this, Shen Bo felt a lot of anger in his heart!

"Now this Wei Xinyong is afraid that the same is true! He had previously enthroned me to the throne, wanting to earn a dragon credit! As a result, he followed the Rong people to attack, he was afraid, thinking that the time of the Great Wei was short, and he hid in Fengzhou by breaking the city of Yanzhou - otherwise, where was it so coincidental that the chaotic army just wrapped him up near Fengzhou, he fell ill at this time, but his subordinates sent him to Fengzhou instead of sending him back to the imperial capital?! ”

"None of these scholars can be trusted!" Shen Bo sighed in his heart, "It's just that now I can't help them, and the dignified son of heaven is subject to these villains, is it really bad luck and helpless?" However, this time the Rong people actually retreated, could it be that Huo Shenyuan is talking nonsense, my Great Wei Guozuo still exists? And...... Should it be on me? ”

He thought about it again and again in private, and the more he thought about it, the hotter his heart became, and the more he strengthened the idea of Zhongxing Dawei.

But before Shenbo could think about what Zhongxing Law was, a few urgent letters gave him a big blow - the fall of Zezhou!

The external troubles of the Great Wei have always been in the north and west of Xinjiang.

Although Siam in the south occasionally invaded, Xiang Bijon and Di have never made a big noise.

It can be said that before, even when the Qingzhou army was taken by surprise, there had never been a situation where the state city had fallen.

After this news came, not only were the government and the opposition stunned by the sign of the Lord of Heaven's Prosperity, but they also seemed to be giving Shenbo, who thought he had won the mandate of heaven, a basin of cold water.

The kind that is cold and cold through the heart.