Chapter 187: The Spirit Emperor died
The tall and majestic palace, five steps, one sentry, ten steps and one post, the heavily armored palace guards will guard this place tightly. The guards straightened their chests, and the guards on both sides stared at each other without squinting, meticulously.
The palace is inhabited by the ruler of the current Han Dynasty, who is now Emperor Ziling. Although Emperor Ling's right to speak is already limited to Jingshi and the nearby Sanfu region, he is also a generation of kings and co-lords of the world, and everyone has to be respected in name. Last night, Taiwei Yang Biao broke into the palace at night, wanting to meet the Son of Heaven. Yang Biao, the Ten Constant Servants of the Way of Nature, came here for something, so he tried his best to stop it, but in the end, he didn't stop it and alarmed the Son of Heaven.
After Yang Biao saw the emperor, he immediately sued Fan Xiwen's imperial wriggling, and told all the things about Fan Xiwen's bamboo tube, starting from Fan Xiwen's wanton suppression of the scholars in Jizhou, and then to Fan Xiwen's unauthorized expansion of the army, and finally to sending troops to attack Qingzhou and Xuzhou without authorization. Old man Yang Biao is also an old fox, and he is not completely sure that he will not do anything, so when he is shaking with the emperor, he chooses some evasive words, attacking Qingzhou has become attacking Qingzhou, but the reason for Fan Xiwen's dispatch of troops is not mentioned.
Emperor Ling was angry on the spot after listening to Yang Biao's narration, his original wise decision was now completely reduced to a laughing stock, and he stupidly put his favorite son into it.
You must know that the material that Yang Biao shakes out can only prove one problem, that is, Fan Xiwen wants to be opposed.
It's good to say that it is good to kill and suppress the scholars, and the Spirit Emperor is not very optimistic about those scholars. As for the other thing, everything Yang Biao said was enough for Fan Xiwen to get a noon gate and behead and punish the nine clans. Such a thing as expanding the army without permission is actually not big, every warlord is doing such a thing, as long as you take it easy, you will be fine, but if someone deliberately makes a fuss, then it will become a deliberate rebellion, and this crime is not light. As for Fan Xiwen's dispatch of troops to Qingzhou and Xuzhou, Yang Biao used the word strategy, and Fan Xiwen is now a complete rebellion.
"Bastard." Fan Xiwen's various actions made this Han emperor who had been in power for decades very helpless, and he used to be smart enough to hand over his favorite second son to Fan Xiwen to teach, but now that people's fangs are exposed, Emperor Ling is a little worried about his son's safety. Although the sword master Wang Yue was also there, the Spirit Emperor knew that so far there was no uneven figure in the army, no matter how powerful Wang Yue was, it would be in vain. Because of the worry about his son's situation, and the fact that his body has been hollowed out by alcohol for a long time is very weak, negative emotions such as anger and anxiety suddenly come up.
"Poof." With a bang, the Spirit Emperor stood up suddenly, spit out black blood after saying only such a sentence, and then he was unconscious, and he was still unconscious until this time.
When Empress He knew about this, she immediately ordered the forbidden army to besiege the emperor's bedroom, and He's prestige as the queen in the palace was unparalleled, even if these forbidden troops were controlled by the ten permanent servants and others, they could only obediently obey orders. And taking this opportunity, Queen He also fired the first shot against the Ten Standing Servants, and the anger of revenge was really unstoppable.
Empress He directly issued an edict as her own queen to replace all the leaders of the forbidden army with her own people, although He Jin is dead, but he is a general who has been operating in the capital for many years, and he still has a lot of contacts. Under the leadership of Queen He, it is quite ferocious, Queen He has lived in the power of the harem for a long time, even a pure little girl before entering the palace will be dyed by the big dye vat of the harem into the leader of thick black learning. Therefore, if Queen He doesn't make a move, she will let Zhang Rang and a few others directly lose the military power, and it is also the most important military power, and now Zhang Tang will weigh his own weight if he wants to play any tricks.
Empress He, the power to rescue the ministers of the court, made a beautiful turnaround, and began to carry out a major purge in the court while Emperor Ling was unconscious, Empress He was quite clear about Emperor Ling's situation, and she also knew that it was difficult for Emperor Ling to survive this hurdle. Therefore, she wants to lay a good foundation for her son before Emperor Ling dies, at least the court and the central government must be all the He family, so that when her son ascends the throne, it will be much smoother.
Empress He only cares about eliminating dissidents, and has no time to look at Emperor Ling, the name between husband and wife has long existed in name only, Emperor Ling didn't go to the queen's bedroom eight years ago, and would rather go to a place like a brothel than touch his real wife, what is the situation?
Emperor Ling has been in a coma for three days before waking up, but there is not even a person in the hall to greet him, Emperor Ling had to reluctantly stand up and drop a cup placed next to him on the ground, alarming the eunuchs and palace maids who were guarding outside, and quickly pushed open the door and then poured in several big eunuchs, and all the ten permanent servants led by Zhang Rang were waiting here. It's not that they are loyal, but because Zhang Rang and the others have been forced by the queen to have nowhere to go.
The backer of the Ten Standing Servants is the Emperor Lao Tzu, and now that the Emperor Lao Tzu is dying, those who follow them will not treat the Ten Standing Servants very well, and many people have fallen to the queen's side. There is a reason why Zhang Rang and others are guarding the door of the emperor's dormitory, the first is that the queen has officially attacked the ten permanent servants, and at this time, the ten permanent servants have been suppressed and have no power to fight back. The second is that the ten permanent servants are now guarding the emperor's door in the hope of taking this opportunity to show their loyalty to the emperor, and make a lot of money before the emperor's big trip, preferably the kind that the thousand-year-old king will not fall, but this thing should be difficult to achieve.
In short, the motives of the Ten Constants to stay outside are not pure.
"Holy Lord, you are awake, but you can kill the slave and maid in a hurry." Zhang Rang and the others hurriedly pushed the door in, and then knelt in front of the Spirit Emperor and cried. This move is usually a killing move for Zhang Rang and others to gain the trust of the Spirit Emperor, as long as this move is a move that the Spirit Emperor will keep everything, the head of the Ten Standing Servants who is eager to move back to the situation directly uses a big killing move at this time, but they don't know that this move can only make them thankless now.
Emperor Ling was worried about his son's affairs at this time, and he was already quite irritable, and he was crying by Zhang Rang and others, and he almost couldn't hold back and wanted to kick each of them twice.
"Go down, call Shi Alai." Emperor Ling coldly popped out a few words from between his teeth, then closed his eyes, and the ten permanent servants looked at each other, this is a big deal. However, the Ten Standing Servants of the Spirit Emperor still didn't dare to disobey it, so they had to bow down and withdraw.
Shi A is Wang Yue's disciple, and it is very clear that Emperor Ling wants to summon Shi A at this time.
Since Wang Yue left Beijing, Shi A has taken the place of the master's work to attack, responsible for the safety of the Ling Emperor, and also holds the last hole card of the Han Dynasty. Shi A happened to be on duty in the palace at this time, and immediately came non-stop after hearing the summons of Emperor Ling.
"Shia, now I have something for you to do." The Spirit Emperor's complexion was much better at this time, and his face was also a little bloody, but it was not so much that his condition had improved as it was that it was more direct to return to the light, so the Spirit Emperor, who knew his situation quite well, spoke quite directly.
"Command, please." Yes, he stood respectfully beside the Spirit Emperor and said.
"Take Long Wei to Jizhou immediately to meet your master, and then take Xie'er away to the desert, don't go back to the Central Plains in this life." Emperor Ling said, his tone full of a father's guilt for his son.
"Yes." Shi Ah replied without any hesitation.
"Go down and close the door." The Spirit Emperor said coldly, and then his eyes slowly closed, the conversation just now made him not have any energy to continue to do anything, not even the strength to move a little finger.
Shi Ah walked out and closed the door, then left the Spirit Emperor's dormitory and walked towards a secret palace.
That night, Emperor Ling died, and this ridiculous emperor still couldn't escape the cycle of life and death after all, but the most fortunate thing was that the Han Dynasty was not lost in his hands.
The emperor is in a big way, and the queen can only put down the power and power to go to the emperor's bedroom to see the emperor, but this is still purposeful, mainly to see who will succeed the emperor's holy decree. However, the holy decree was not found, which could not stop the shrewd queen, and directly ordered her cronies to write a holy decree, and then took out the jade seal to seal it, so the candidate for the Ling Emperor's class was decided, the eldest prince Liu Wei.
This jade seal was originally in charge of the big eunuch Zhang Rang, but it was twisted by the queen yesterday and was accidentally taken back by the queen.
After having this holy decree, the queen took her son to convene hundreds of civil and military officials, read out the emperor's decree in public, and then said a lot of nonsense that the country cannot be without a king for a day, and took her son to the throne of the Ninety-Five with the support of the ministers. Of course, this is only a temporary thing, and the real enthronement will not be held until after the burial of the Spirit Emperor, and after doing these things, the queen will appear in front of the Spirit Emperor's coffin with her whole body.
The emperor is in a big line, and all the civil and military officials and the forbidden army in the palace are all vegetarian. At the same time, the news of the emperor's great trip was also transmitted back by the spies left in Beijing by the major forces, and of course, the imperial court would also send messengers to report the funeral to the imperial relatives and relatives in various places, and some direct imperial relatives would also return to Beijing for funeral.
In addition to these, the queen also has a little repertoire, which is aimed at Fan Xiwen, to be precise, for Fan Xiwen and Liu Xie. The queen's sons have all rightfully become emperors, and Liu Xie can't say that he will continue to be the prince, and Fan Xiwen, the prince's concubine, is also a little unformal. The queen is a doer, how could Liu Xie and Fan Xiwen threaten her son's throne?