Chapter 638: Tilt the Heavens!
In the palace of the king, slang and scolding, crying and howling are endless.
Everyone cried and scolded with red eyes, their expressions were so complex and their expressions were so changeable that it was really breathtaking.
Unlike the previous time when Jia Ji died, this time most of the people were sincere.
To be able to stand here is naturally to know the rules very well.
The death of the Son of Heaven, in the words conveyed by the drama Meng, is that Wang Wan and others colluded inside and outside to assassinate the Son of Heaven in order to support Liu Yu, the king of Jiaodong, to ascend to the throne.
If nothing else, it should be the king of Jiaodong at this time.
The competitive relationship between the king of Jiaodong and the king of Zhongshan is understood by everyone.
And their staff, captains, and generals, defeated the Xiongnu royal court and beheaded the Xiongnu Zuoxian King, but they followed the King of Zhongshan.
The king of Jiaodong ascended the throne, not to mention that these credits were lost, but at least they will be settled by the autumn queen.
They are not the descendants of the founding generation, basically except for Dou Yingfu and others, they are mainly newcomers, and they all rely on relying on attachment to King Zhongshan.
At this critical moment when the future and net worth are at stake, these people will naturally stand by Li Yunze's side.
It has nothing to do with anything else, it's entirely based on interests.
Working together with Li Yunze can ensure his glory, wealth and future, not to mention that at this time, the chances of winning are obviously greater.
As a general, Li Yunze has the power of the world's soldiers and horses.
Not only was the elite Northern Army in his hands at this time, but also the huge Great Wall Army, which was also acting on Li Yunze's military orders at this time.
In principle, Li Yunze also has the right to mobilize all the county soldiers in the world.
The military system of the Qin and Han dynasties was different from that of later generations.
The sergeants did not know what the emperor looked like, only obeyed the orders of their superiors.
Their superiors, on the other hand, obey the orders of the lieutenants and generals.
The captains and generals only recognize Li Yunze now.
Why in the Qin and Han dynasties, every time a general went out to fight, the king had to pay homage to the general very solemnly, and it was a tiger talisman and a holy edict, because the military power was handed over, it was really handed over.
Under the shock of cruel military law, the general said that the mutiny could really lead the soldiers and horses to mutiny.
The sergeants were unable and unwilling to distinguish between right and wrong, they were trained as machines and only knew how to obey military orders.
When Zhu Lu was annihilated back then, the young emperor was still the emperor, and it wasn't for the generals who gave an order, and the soldiers directly hacked the emperor to death.
In this era, military power is like this.
During the Song and Ming dynasties, the martial arts and the military were suppressed to the extreme, and in addition to the profits, it was very important to avoid such things from happening.
Wang Jian constantly defiled himself when he destroyed Chu, and Liu Bang repeatedly went out in person when he quelled the rebellion, and the root cause was that the military power was handed over and all the troops were in the hands of the people who led the troops.
If this person wants to rebel, then he is really rebellious.
Obviously, at this time, everyone in the palace thought that Li Yunze could raise troops to go to Chang'an City to avenge the Son of Heaven!
Facing everyone's expectant eyes, Li Yunze was silent.
He stood on top of the Dan steps, with one hand behind his back, and the other hand holding the letter written by Zhou Yafu to himself, his brows furrowed slightly, as if he was embarrassed by something.
It's not that it's embarrassing, it's a bit of an accident.
Accident and Zhou Yafu's choice and arrangement, it stands to reason that he was put in small shoes by Liu Qi, the son of heaven, and was ready to be disposed of before the new monarch ascended the throne, so he should be full of anger and throw himself into the arms of Wang Huancheng's ignorant rebel group without hesitation.
Can.
"Report~~~"
With a hurried call, the palace guard came to report that "someone claiming to be the messenger of Zhang Tang has come to deliver the letter." ”
Zhang Tang's family has been an official in Chang'an City for many years, and he is an authentic head snake, and after escaping the first round of search, he quickly arranged for people to send the news of Chang'an City.
Looking at the letter written by Zhang Tang himself, the above introduced the matter of Chang'an City in more detail, and compared with Zhou Yafu's letter, Li Yunze already had a general understanding.
Through bribery and other means, he secretly controlled a group of palace guards and city garrisons of the southern army, and initiated a mutiny led by Cheng Buzhi.
Zhang Tang's letter wrote some news about his inquiry, the most important of which was that Li Guang, the captain of Weiyang Palace, played a puzzling role in this.
On the one hand, Li Guang continued to issue military orders, transferring the soldiers and horses originally stationed in Weiyang Palace from key positions, and even directly ordered the palace guards of Weiyang Palace to defect to King Jiaodong.
But on the other hand, Li Guang, who looks like the core of Wang Huan's side, has never appeared.
Zhang Tang speculated that Li Guang may have been controlled.
Then he said that it was unbelievable that a general with military power was being controlled.
If it were someone else, Li Yunze would also express disbelief.
But if it is Li Guang, in terms of his character, it is really not uncommon for someone to be pinched under carelessness.
Li Yunze himself can immediately think of more than ten ways to take it under control.
"Wang Huan, Cheng Buzhi is the core." Putting away the letter, Li Yunze rubbed his chin, "Li Guang may have been trapped, Zhou Yafu's attitude swayed?" ”
"The question now is, where did Wang Wan get so much wealth to buy so many people?"
Although the Son of Heaven is sick in bed, from the imperial court to the Shaofu, various departments of the Han Dynasty are still operating normally.
To be able to hide so many eyes and ears and accomplish this thing in one fell swoop not only requires a lot of energy, but also has to take out a huge amount of wealth to carry out various activities.
Li Yunze didn't know Liu Wu's role in this, and he didn't know that he almost drained the treasury of Liang State for the throne.
In his opinion, the only one who is close to Wang Wan and them and can get so much wealth is Princess Guantao.
"Princess Tao doesn't look like she has no eyesight." Li Yunze was puzzled, "She would be so stupid?" ”
From a normal person's point of view, this is indeed a fool's errand.
After all, even if he controls Chang'an City, most of the military power in the world is in Li Yunze's hands, as long as people raise troops and return to Chang'an City, all the ghosts and ghosts will disappear.
Princess Guantao is smart, so naturally she won't go to this troubled water.
"Is it also being pinched?"
Li Yunze was a little surprised by the changes that broke out in Chang'an City, but he didn't pay much attention to it.
In his opinion, this is just a frightened and frightened dog jumping off the wall.
The most important goal is not the Son of Heaven, but himself.
Only by killing yourself can you really see the hope of success this time.
Just as he was about to say something, the news came from outside again.
"My lord, an envoy from the court has come to read the decree."
"Oh?"
Li Yunze's eyelids raised slightly, and he smiled, "It's quite fast, let him in." ”
As soon as the envoy entered the temple, he felt that the atmosphere was oppressive.
Many generals and lieutenants stared at him viciously, and that kind of look was like a butcher picking cattle and sheep for the next knife.
Li Yunze, who was standing at the top, had his hands behind his back, and his figure was like a mountain.
His eyes swept over, and he said lightly, "What kind of edict, let's talk about it." ”
Raising his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, the messenger took out the edict and read it under the gaze of many wolf-like eyes.
Omit those meaningless nonsense, there is only one meaning expressed in this edict, that is, to remove Li Yunze from the post of general and give him death at the same time!
'Choking~~~'
A series of sword draws resounded through the hall.
The master father raised his sword and pointed at the messenger, and roared angrily, "You and other thieves, don't you think that the king is Fusuhu?" is a pseudo-edict, and he dares to come and be embarrassed! ”
Gongsun Hong and the others immediately complied, and even had a quick temper and wanted to immediately step forward and behead this messenger under the sword.
They were angry on the surface, but in fact they were admonishing Li Yunze.
Don't learn from that sand sculpture in Fusu!
Although from the perspective of daily observation, the king who kills decisively will definitely not do such a stupid thing, but he is not afraid of 10,000 in case.
If the king really learned Fusu, then they really wanted to cry and couldn't find a grave.
"That's enough."
Li Yunze's faint words can be regarded as saving the messenger who is about to be beheaded to death with a knife.
Glancing at the edict in the messenger's hand, Li Yunze said calmly, "This is a false edict, don't serve it!" ”
He was also a little surprised, in his opinion, the right thing to do was to remove the military power first and drive himself back to the feudal state.
After stabilizing his position, he will find a way to slowly cut off his wings, and then give poisoned wine or white silk, or send troops to fight.
Now that he is so radical, he will play the trick of giving death when he comes up, don't he really think of himself as a sand sculpture such as Fusu?
As soon as Li Yunze's words came out, everyone around him breathed a sigh of relief.
The face of the master father was full of relief.
The king did not make a fool and made the most correct choice, and this victory is in his hands!
"Go back and tell them." Li Yunze, who had his hands behind his back, stepped down the Dan steps and came to the trembling messenger, "This king will return to Chang'an City in the near future and clean up the ghosts." ”
After a pause, his eyes looked around at everyone and said in a deep voice.
"Tilt the sky!"
Inside and outside Jinyang City, many military camps were snow-white.
After confirming the death of the Son of Heaven, all the troops were hung in white, and all the white cloths in Jinyang City were swept away for a while.
Most of the Great Wall Corps returned to their original garrisons and continued to guard the Great Wall against the Xiongnu.
The county soldiers from all over the country who came to support also went home after receiving their rewards.
The soldiers were rewarded with at least two pieces of money, two pieces of cloth, and two sheep.
Those who have made meritorious deeds can be rewarded after returning to Chang'an City in addition to recording their merits, and they can also get additional large livestock such as cattle and horses.
No way, there are too many seizures this time.
The number of cattle, sheep, horses, and all kinds of livestock seized is more than hundreds of thousands!
Li Yunze is now a general, and he is leading the army, not that there is a pastoral supervisor in the Shaofu.
Wounded and sick animals are slaughtered and eaten to make butchers.
And the rest, he didn't have the heart to raise, so he simply distributed them all as rewards to the sergeants.
Big livestock such as cattle and horses are all good hands in the field, and even good families need to smile.
Sheep, on the other hand, are the main source of meat for people above the middle class, so it can be said that everyone likes it, and there is no need to worry about sales.
In fact, these days, well-informed caravans from all over the country have come to Taiyuan County in an endless stream to buy livestock.
This wave of rewards was issued, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted.
Immediately, Li Yunze took tens of thousands of northern troops, more than 20,000 selected Great Wall legions, plus tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from the Zhongshan Kingdom.
Said 100,000 soldiers, along the way to recruit and send people to accompany them, the 400,000 army in the name of Jingnan, straight to Chang'an City!