Chapter 1172: He Qiong
Died is Yao Qian's youngest son, not long after marriage, has not left an heir, Yao Qian lost Youzhou when he was transferred back to Kyoto, the youngest son is the age of the general horn, although he is a disciple of the general, but did not follow his father and brother to fight on the battlefield, even so, "Jiangmen Huzi" is not lacking at all, because he grew up in Kyoto, he has been dyed with a habit of being a gentleman, these years there is the support of the queen mother, Yao's family is majestic, the "youngest son" does not even put the children of the clan in his eyes, a certain back to the palace banquet, but also did the matter of robbing the white son Heer, It's just that he was scolded by his father and scolded by the queen mother, he even dared to insult the emperor, and his arrogance can be imagined.
Therefore, when I heard the soldiers talking about Yao Qian, they actually said that General Yao had no other skills, and that he was better than first-class in warming the bed, and his words were extremely filthy.
The result was his own death.
Of course, Empress Dowager Wei would be furious, especially when she saw Yao Qian's gloomy look, she almost immediately ordered Dou Fu'an to lead the Praetorian Guards to arrest the criminals, and to put the great rebels to death in public to correct the law, but the soldiers who committed the crime had fled, and their commanders refused to take responsibility, and they were not willing to accept Dou Fu'an's interrogation at all.
Everyone is waiting to see the Queen Mother's decision.
Wang Huaizhun made an appointment with Xie Raoping and suggested that he persuade the Queen Mother to settle things.
"Yao Jiazi has no military position, just because the soldiers discuss it in private, they even clamored for military law, how can he be qualified? Of course, if a murderer is indeed guilty of a capital crime, he cannot get away with it just because the other party provoked him first, but the murderer has already escaped, and if he is punished for this...... In today's situation, the soldiers in the army are dissatisfied with the government decree and Yao Qian, and even Yao Qian, a general, can't restrain his subordinates, so what can a commander do? What's more important is that if the Queen Mother dies as the commander here, she is afraid that it will lead to more and more coaxing and the death of the saint, and how many major events need to be decided, and it is not wise to refuse to forgive for a brawl. β
Xie Raoping thought so.
But of course he understands that the fundamental reason why the Queen Mother wants to blame the offenders is because of the soldiers' disobedience, and the cause of this bloody case is that the soldiers privately discuss the secret of the palace, although they despise Yao Qian, of course, they are also disrespectful to the Queen Mother, but the scandal about the Queen Mother and Yao Qian has been spreading, can taking the head of the commander be able to stifle the rumors? In line with his loyalty to the Queen Mother, Xie Raoping certainly understood that Wang Huaizhun was using him to protect the commander and quell the coaqueness, and in view of the fact that this purpose was indeed beneficial to the Queen Mother, he was also willing to pretend not to notice and dissuade the Queen Mother from temporarily pursuing the investigation.
Of course, Yao Qian is not willing to lose a son in vain, and he will lose face, but although Empress Dowager Wei has a soft spot for him, many political affairs must rely on the assistance of Xie Rao and other important ministers and civil officials, especially at this time, the key is to choose the prince!
Although Empress Dowager Wei has adopted Yao Qian's suggestion, she secretly forced Empress Huang and Concubine Chang to be friends with Wei Yuanping, but Concubine Chang Guifei refused to obey, Wei Yuanping and the Huang family were in-laws, and Empress Huang was still "tame", but she was not able to get pregnant, and this matter was somehow discovered by He Er, causing Empress Dowager Wei to have to act first.
This is an emergency, Empress Dowager Wei has no time to take precautions, not to mention that the queen is not pregnant, even if she is pregnant, who dares to guarantee that the queen must be a boy in her womb, and the civil and military officials can't wait for the throne to be vacant until the queen gives birth.
So Empress Dowager Wei could only choose to settle the matter.
But this incident caused a lot of uproar, and the Empress Dowager Wei's forbearance attitude could not calm the hearts of the army at all, but made many soldiers convinced that the Empress Dowager was already clumsy, and she was no longer the "Holy Mother" who was high above and could not be violated. The Queen Mother can't even protect herself!
Just like compromise and concession could not make the Turkic iron cavalry stop in Ganzhou, Empress Dowager Wei's Ningren was also unable to appease the impetuous military spirit, but the easing of the contradiction still did not inspire the anger of the generals, they just hesitated, did not know where to go, so they began to wait and see the attitude of a group of important ministers headed by Wang Huaizhun, I don't know if these civil officials who can determine the history are willing to accept another puppet on the dragon chair, and whether they are willing to obey the instructions of the Empress Dowager Wei again.
Empress Dowager Wei is also in trouble.
He Er has no heirs, and He Shen's family has also been killed, even if He Er has a brother He Tao, but he was not born to Xiao Wei, and he has long been an adult, if He Tao succeeds to the throne, what name does Empress Dowager Wei have to monopolize the power? Not to mention that when she evacuated Chang'an, she didn't care about He Tao at all, and He Tao should have become a prisoner of the Turks.
Then only the line of King Yu is the closest to the bloodline of Dezong, but King Yu He Xi is also an adult, and even his son He Ji already has a concubine, He Xi and He Ji are not suitable candidates, although He Ji's concubine is young, but he is two generations shorter than He Er, and it is impossible to ascend the throne in the name of his grandson.
As for Dezong's son-in-law He Ye, Empress Dowager Wei didn't think of such a person at all at this time.
As a result, Gao Yuxiang reminded her - Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple has a son, but he is only five years old, and he is now in Luzhou, isn't it just right?
Empress Dowager Wei's eyes lit up.
Guanglu Temple Shaoqing He Qiong, is the uncle of Yu King He Lu, He Duo's concubine, his son and He Yan, He Er are the same generation, can be the heir of Emperor Dezong, in this way, the Queen Mother is still the Queen Mother, and she can still listen to the name of "Our Lady"!
He Duo also said that in order to protect his descendants, he took his eldest son He Zhen to die together, knowing that the eldest grandson He Lu did not have the talent to learn wit, and hoped that his concubine He Qiong would be able to assist the great cause of King Jin in helping He Lu support the portal, and strive to protect the country and the society, He Qiong shouldered heavy responsibilities and gradually began to show sincerity to the Empress Dowager Wei, but the Empress Dowager Wei took many precautions against the King of Yu and refused to give He Qiong reuse, until this time he was evacuated from Chang'an, the plan was not thorough, and the action was even more embarrassing, resulting in vacancies in many official positions. At this time, he was in a hurry to accept the position of Shaoqing of He Qiong Guanglu Temple, but he was only an official and could not participate in the decision-making of government decrees.
How could He Qiong have imagined that Empress Dowager Wei would intend to let his youngest son He Song succeed him as the heir of Dezong?
He and his wife Ma have been married for many years, and originally had two sons and two daughters, but the eldest son and the second son have died, and Ma did not give birth to He Song in the year of confusion, although there are two brothers above, but they are all concubines, where is Ma willing to succeed He Song as the heir of Dezong? She is not from a high-ranking family, she doesn't know too much power and tricks, she has a motherly heart, she only doesn't give up the separation of flesh and blood, holding her still naΓ―ve son, she doesn't want to let go, crying and pleading, she can even hit the point: "The saint died, saying that he died of illness, who doesn't know the cause of death, it seems to be a violent death!" It can be seen that the queen mother is unwilling to hand over power at all, and at this time she proposed to establish Chun'er as the emperor, but she also manipulated him as a puppet...... The Holy Mother's biological mother, but the Queen Mother's mother's sister! But look at what happened to Shu Wangshen, the saint also died, and where would the queen mother let go of Zhu'er. β
Even He Xi was covered with cold sweat, and discussed with his uncle in private: "The eldest father once said that King Ye of Jin must be unwilling to be obeyed, and ordered us to follow, but now that there is turmoil, I don't know how King Jin will deal with it, but no matter what, I can't let the eleventh brother be used and manipulated by the Queen Mother." β
They were forced to have no choice but to flee east with the Queen Mother, completely cut off communication with Jinyang and Chang'an, at this time they did not know what the situation between Jinshuo and Gyeonggi was, but they knew that Wang Huaizhun had already joined the King of Jin, so He Xi proposed: "Should my uncle discuss with Wang Xiangguo?" β
He Qiong has her own judgment: "Since the Queen Mother is willing to let Chun'er succeed to the throne, we must have ears and eyes around us. In today's situation, Wang Xiangguo will definitely not agree to let the queen mother control the government again, Wang Xiangguo is in the light, we should be in the dark, and it will be more beneficial to King Jin to act at that time. β
In fact, the Empress Dowager Wei announced that "the saint was ashamed of his inability to drive the enemy to defend the country, and he died of heart disease due to excessive worry", which was a sudden death, of course He Er could not have left a testament, and he had already been placed under house arrest, Empress Dowager Wei was in power, and she could choose a new monarch in the name of regent, and the opinions of King Yu and He Qiong and even He Xi could be ignored at all.
"I am a father and a brother, if I refuse to accept the unification, is it unreasonable in the eyes of the Queen Mother? Mo is happy to accept, not even afraid to show the attempt, now in such a situation, Empress Dowager Wei knows that the people's hearts are back, if she loses the support of the clan again, it will be more and more difficult to support herself, so she will not care about our other intentions, just like back then, she must rely on her father, He Shen, and even the support of King Jin to deter He Qi, the situation forced her to find help, and our King Yu family has a great opportunity to win part of the military power. He Qiong patted his nephew on the shoulder: "We have no way out, in order to protect the monarchy, we must fight against the water!" β
As He Qiong expected, even if Wang Huaizhun did not know that the Turkic army had been defeated by the King of Jin, and even if the successor chosen by the Empress Dowager Wei was the young grandson of He Duo, the king of Xianyu, and did not seem to be suspected of usurping the throne, Wang Xiangguo certainly would not admit that He Song had legitimately inherited the throne, causing the King of Jin to bear the reverse crime of seizing the throne.
To put it simply, Wang Zhunzhun as a Shangshu order, although he is also one of the prime ministers, theoretically Shangshu Province's responsibility is only to forward the edicts issued by Zhongshu and Menxia provinces to all ministries, prefectures and counties, that is to say, Wang Huaizhun did not directly interfere with the power and responsibility of the decree under normal circumstances, which is also the fundamental reason why he can only make suggestions but cannot stop the situation of co-governance and peace, moving the capital to Jinling, etc.
The reason why the Queen Mother used Wang Huaizhun and other ministers who were not confidants was because of their ability to execute, but she did not want them to point fingers at her in the decision-making of government decrees and hinder her arbitrariness, which was also the fundamental reason why Wang Huaizhun was able to live in Shangshuling for a long time.
But is this still normal?
Empress Dowager Wei can only requisition the Luzhou Thorn Mansion as a "palace", there is no tall palace wall and layers of guards, the "petition" thing is repeatedly prohibited, Wang Huaizhun and other ministers refuse to obey the edict, if she orders the killing of these "rebellious ministers", it is undoubtedly a pretext for the restless soldiers to bang up, she does not want to die with Wang Huaizhun and others.
can only appease, can only discuss, can only incite King Yu and other clans to defend the "imperial power"!
He Er died for more than a month, and Mo said that the emperor belonged, so he didn't even delay the funeral, but at this time, the king of Jin actually led his army to the outside of Luzhou City, claiming that he had recovered Chang'an and wanted to welcome the Queen Mother and the Holy Lord back to Beijing!
So Wang Huaizhun immediately showed his proposition - to establish the Jin Dynasty, Wang Ye Kecheng unification!