Chapter 41: The Great Pilgrimage
Tonight, as soon as the rebellion was ignited, it was suppressed. In the first half of the night, Yecheng was still shrouded in a joyful atmosphere, and in the second half of the night, there was a earth-shattering shouting sound from the direction of the imperial city.
In an instant, the joyful atmosphere dissipated, and the whole city was panicked, and everyone had a faint idea of what was going on in the imperial city.
This is not the first time this has happened in Yecheng, is it going to change the sky again?
Some people thought that ordinary people had blown out the candles in their homes, and Yecheng was shrouded in darkness for a while.
The people's idea is very simple, it doesn't matter who sits on the throne, as long as their small life is good, they will be satisfied.
If there are no superfluous desires, there will naturally be no superfluous worries. Naturally, I don't think so deep and so far......
While they are looking forward to the dawn, they are afraid of the dawn, not knowing what the consequences of this great change will bring, and all of this will be revealed tomorrow.
There was no danger in Yecheng, there was no large-scale panic, and there was no panic to the extent that hundreds of officials were panicked.
This also depends on Zhao Yanshen's layout, as soon as the mutiny began, Zhao Yanshen ordered people to order hundreds of officials in batches to let them rest easy.
Although Zhao Yanshen has lost his position as the right minister at the moment, Zhao Yanshen's prestige is still there after all, and Zhao Yanshen is the first cabinet minister in the cabinet, in essence, Zhao Yanshen is still the first minister.
When the officials are settled, the people will naturally follow suit, so that they will not scatter and flee in all directions, panicking.
This time point is very coincidental, when the hundred officials are frightened and inexplicably guessing in their hearts, Zhao Yanshen appeared in a posture of a Dinghai God Needle, first let people tell the hundred officials not to panic, and the words vaguely revealed that this mutiny is within the control range, Zhao Yanshen's words are still very weighty, and besides, most of the people who can be court officials are not stupid people, and you can guess that this is just a strategy for His Majesty to lead the snake out of the hole, although no one will say it, but it has played a role in calming people's hearts.
As for those lords, those who intend to rebel have already stood on the side of King Langya, and the remaining ones who have not moved are some who are unwilling to rebel, and there are those who wait and see, of course, the majority of those who stand on the sidelines, who is not loyal? Anyway, they are all descendants of the Gao family. Originally, some of them still considered whether to follow King Langya to fight for fame and wealth, and raise the title again, maybe they could also crown a prince or a king.
As for the Privy Council, it is true that the privileges of the nobles are guaranteed, but it is the privileges of the nobles at the top.
The Privy Council is limited, how can these small characters squeeze in?
Most of them are titles below the earl, and it is best to handle them if they are not high or low, and the civil officials ignore them, and the upper nobles only use them as pawns and pawns. If this continues, sooner or later, they will be overthrown by the civil officials, although they will not lose their lives and their lives, and it is certain that they will break their muscles and bones.
It is necessary to spit out all the benefits that have been swallowed in the past.
For these low-level lords, it is even more uncomfortable than killing them.
It's better to have a future with Langya Wang Bo, if Gao Wei is overthrown, then they can step on those Han cultural officials again in one fell swoop. I can't say it, the title can still go up, and it will be among the high-level noble families in one fell swoop.
Most of the ministers who followed King Langya had this idea.
But the time was too hasty, and some of the unstable nobles who were still waiting and watching had not yet made a decision, and King Langya had already pulled the flag and rebelled.
Before they could sigh in their hearts, King Ande sealed off the entire Yecheng and sent troops to seal up the Langya Palace, as well as the mansions of twenty-seven nobles. Only then did they begin to rejoice that they were not so decisive at the beginning, otherwise they might have fallen to the ground by now!
Even if a few people still have strange thoughts, they also extinguished this thought after hearing the movement of King Ande.
Why did King Ande dare to seal the Langya Palace, when the situation was undecided?
Unless he had nothing to fear, and the rumors from the civilian side confirmed their suspicions.
This is a trap in the first place!
At this moment, King Ande, who was sitting in Yecheng, had received a military report, and King Lanling had suppressed the rebellion in Xidaying, and Yecheng was saved from a military disaster.
Just now, the palace suddenly became quiet, and King Ande understood that King Gao Yan of Langya had been taken down.
[It's a pity for King Langya. This is the feeling of King Ande, although King Langya is arrogant, but King Langya is not lacking in ability or courage, if he does not meet today, then he may be able to succeed.
[Your Majesty's mind is simply terrifying......]
As a part of Cushman & Wakefield's plan, King Ande is not to mention that he is involved in this matter throughout the process, but he is also half an insider, combined with what he has to do, look at what King Lanling is going to do, and then look at what Zhao Yanshen is doing, you can probably guess a general outline of this plan.
I don't want to know, but I'm shocked when I think about it. Cushman & Wakefield's heart is so big that he simply doesn't take his net worth and life seriously in order to achieve his goal.
What if this didn't stop King Langya? And is he so sure that he and King Lanling will not follow King Langya to rebel?
Thinking of this, he looked thoughtfully at the deputy general next to him who had just been transferred to his command assigned by His Majesty, and his heart suddenly became clear.
If he dares to have other thoughts, he is afraid that he will die faster than King Langya.
This lieutenant general is not only for him, I am afraid there is another role, that is, to monitor him, if King Langya dares to get close to King Langya, then the lieutenant will replace him, "temporarily" the authority of the lieutenant, King Ande can be sure that similar edicts may have been prepared, and it may be hidden in the body of the deputy general.
So in other words, there is no difference between him and him, for the overall situation of His Majesty. Your Majesty just needs someone whose ass is not on King Langya's side to sit in the position of the captain......
Just when the deputy general looked at him a little uncertainly, King Ande moved his gaze back and began to think about whether he would be transferred out of Yecheng in a few days, staying in such a dangerous position, he always had a feeling in his heart that he was not very steady, and the power of heaven was unpredictable......
"Are the sinners in custody?"
"Yes, my lord, all the twenty-seven nobles have been raided, and the family of King Langya has been guarded separately. A few others escaped, and no one was found when the house was raided, and the patrol battalion was in pursuit. ”
"Okay, keep an eye on ......"
"Whoa!"
At this time, the king of Lanling had just come back from quelling the rebellion, and there were hundreds of soldiers behind him, and he was also detaining some general-looking people.
This is the North Camp and the West Camp who intended to create a mutiny.
At this moment, they were dejected, and they completely lost the pride they had in the hands of the world at the beginning.
"Fourth brother!" Gao Yanzong greeted him happily, he and King Lanling have always had a good relationship.
"Fifth brother...... King Lanling took off his mask armor and looked at King Ande with a smile, "Have you finished your errand?" ”
King Ande said: "Hey, it's no effort at all, these nobles are really enough, in order to support King Langya, they have lent out all their private soldiers, and most of the people who stay at home are old and young women and children, damn it, my subordinates have not encountered decent resistance all the way in!" …… In His Majesty's words, ......, yes, there is no sense of accomplishment at all! ”
King Lanling knows that his younger brother has always been such a detached character, but he is very thoughtful, and he will definitely do what he wants to do, but he still has to teach a few words of lesson habitually and verbally, "It's still poor, it's not a bad thing to complete the task well, if it messes up for you, Your Majesty is not good to say, Uncle Zhao Wang, you know, he can't beat you to the ground......"
Gao Yanzong pouted, Gao Rui had not educated him less in the past.
"Hey, what do you think Your Majesty will do with these people, kill them all?" Gao Yanzong felt that it was very possible.
Gao Changgong glared at him and said, "How many times have you said, don't think about the questions you shouldn't think, Your Majesty has his own decision......"
He turned his head to look at these decadent figures who looked like mourners, and said, "These people are all over the house...... I'm afraid I can't escape death. ”
King Lanling looked at the sky, it was dark, but it was less than half an hour before dawn.
"Let's go, all the officials are already waiting outside the Qianqiu Gate, right? We went into the palace to reply to the decree. ”
At last, the sound of the whip sounded in the palace, and the sound of the long whip striking the air echoed through the empty imperial city.
The Qianqiu Gate slowly opened, and the ministers saw it, and entered the Qianqiu Gate in an orderly manner, and a heavy bloody atmosphere came to their faces.
The officials covered their mouths and noses, and stepped through the corridor of the temple trampled by the rebels in a worried mood, without stopping under their feet, until they stepped into the empty field in front of the Taiji Palace.
The blood was even worse, although the place was swept inside and out by the water, the bloody smell still lingered, and brown blood stains could be faintly seen in the cracks of the stone slab under his feet. Countless soldiers in iron armor stood around the Taiji Hall with swords and spears, and a figure stood under the light in front of the Taiji Palace, condescendingly looking down at them. The kings stood solemnly at the foot of the steps of the Taiji Palace, and no one dared to go up the steps.
In this place, Gao Yang has stood there, and Gao Yan and Gao Zhan have also accepted the worship of hundreds of officials here.
Now that the person standing here has become Gao Wei, what will happen to the future of Northern Qi depends on his choice!
Zhao Yan looked deeply at the emperor who seemed to be standing above the nine heavens, lifted his front swing, and knelt on the ground.
"Long live my emperor!"
Hundreds of officials, kings, and soldiers all bowed their heads, and the mountains shouted long live, and the sound shook for dozens of miles.
The historian crouched on the side of the case and wrote like flying: the palace banquet of the New Year, the king of Langya rebelled, the emperor Pingzhi, and changed the Yuan Wuping.
Gao Wei felt the sound of "Long live" like a tsunami in the mountains, and all the creatures in front of him kowtowed at his feet.
At this moment he is the only king under the earth.
Gao Wei's eyes were gloomy, the long bead curtain covered his face, he raised his hand slightly, and replied in a low tone: "Zhu Qing is flat!" ”
The carriage that was originally driven to the cliff by Northern Qi quietly deflected its original trajectory from this day.