Chapter 113: Stealing the Sky and Changing the Day
"Zhou Youshan, what do you mean?" Liu Zhi was directly shocked into a cold sweat after listening to Zhou Youshan's words. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Don't you really understand what I mean? You can sit on this dragon chair, or your father can sit on it, isn't this the world of your Liu family?" Zhou Youshan said with a smile.
Zhou Youshan's words are in line with Liu Zhi's intentions, why doesn't he want to be the Ninth Five-Year Honor? Besides, Liu Ji is very old, if his father really wants to become the emperor, he will become the crown prince, but there are many people who have abolished the prince in history, so it is better to sit directly on the dragon chair in front of him and feel at ease.
"Welcome to the throne of the eldest prince!" Seeing that Liu Zhi also had this intention, the civil and military officials knelt on the ground with Zhou Youshan.
"Okay!good!good! Since everyone insists on recommending me, I guess my father doesn't care about this little king's position!" Liu Zhi made his own decision and sat on the Jinluan Hall in a grand manner, when he touched the golden dragon chair, his whole heart suddenly opened his mind, and the feeling of sitting here overlooking the ministers was wonderful, a shallow smile passed the corner of his mouth, and his heart was already surging like a river.
"Congratulations on the new lord's accession to the throne! Long live, long live, long live!" the ministers bowed their heads to the ground, and the mountains shouted long live.
"Zhongqing is flat!" Liu Zhi learned the emperor's tone, and said every word carefully, for fear of saying something wrong, and laughed generously.
"The emperor is on the throne, but what edict can be issued?" Zhou Youshan wholeheartedly helped Liu Zhi to ascend to the throne, but in fact, he was very selfish.
"This week, you are good, I just sat in this seat and asked me about the new edict, isn't it embarrassing for me?" Liu Zhi's face flashed with a trace of unhappiness, how did he know what edict to promulgate!
"This ...... I appointed Zhou Youshan to be promoted from the head of the Ministry of Officials to a scholar of Wensongge, draft an edict, and grant amnesty to the world!" Liu Zhi suddenly understood that this edict of the new emperor needs to be qualified to be promulgated by scholars of Wensongge, but now there are no scholars in the imperial court, Liu Zhi realized that Zhou Youshan was here to ask for an official, and he suddenly became a little wary of Zhou Youshan in his heart.
Liu Zhi ascended the throne without Liu Ji's consent, which in itself is an extremely risky thing, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military affairs were all mentioned by Liu Ji, but he Liu Zhi sat back and enjoyed the success, not to mention what Liu Ji thought in his heart, even the Manchu Dynasty civil and military also had a lot of complaints about Zhou Youshan's enthronement of Liu Zhi.
The news soon spread to the Liufeng Building.
"What? Liu Zhi became the emperor?" Li Zhen said in surprise after listening to Long Xiao's account of the notices he saw in the bazaar.
"Anything can happen!" Ziyan was also surprised when she heard it.
"Liu ‖'s father and son are ambitious, I didn't expect them to succeed in the palace, but Liu Zhi usurped the throne, which I really didn't expect. Long Xiao also said with emotion.
"This may also be a good thing, Liu Zhi ascended the throne without authorization, and he must not have Liu Ji's permission before, once Liu Ji comes back, think about it, their father and son will definitely turn against each other for the throne, and then there will be another storm, and the political farce planned by their Liu ‖ father and son will definitely end in failure. Li Zhen said with a grin as he paced back and forth.
"I don't agree with what you said!" Long Xiao also said with a strange smile.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Li Zhen with a surprised expression.
"Do you think, how great the temptation of power is for ordinary mortals, will Liu Zhi welcome his father back to the imperial court and compete with him for the throne?"
"They are father and son, don't they even kill his own father for the sake of the throne?" Li Zhen felt incredulous.
"Father and son, are there still few examples of killing Lao Tzu for the sake of the throne in all dynasties?" Long Xiao asked rhetorically.
"Do you mean that Liu Zhi will let Liu Ji disappear forever?" The more Li Zhen thought about it at this time, the more frightened he became, this court dispute was so tragic and humane.
"I don't know what Liu Zhi will do with his father, anyway, Liu Ji will definitely not be welcomed back by the gongs and drums, as for his life and death, it all depends on the wrist of our new emperor. Long Xiao sat down and drank a cup of tea slowly.
"This life is like this cup of tea, it smells very fragrant, the first taste is a little bitter, and slowly you will feel more and more fragrant!" Long Xiao said with interest.
"I don't have as much understanding as you, I just want to know, Liu Zhi became the emperor, will Wang Lang's troops continue to go north?
Is it smart to be a wise man?" Li Zhen sighed and sat down and said.
"The new monarch is on the throne, there will be a big move in the next few days, let's watch! Liu Zhi will definitely eradicate the absolute cronies installed by his father!" Long Xiao said with a serious expression.
"Isn't this Manchu Dynasty civil and military all cultivated by their Liu family?" Li Zhen frowned, unable to believe Long Xiao's words.
But the facts are really as Long Xiao said, one by one.
As soon as Liu Zhiyi became the emperor, he first cultivated some young backbones to be placed in various key departments of the imperial court, and sent a large number of elite troops to prevent Liu Ji from returning to the dynasty.
Liu Zhi also sent a secret messenger to send a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry to Song Qing, Wang Lang, Zhao Heng, and Qin Ping to pacify the Quartet army in case of mutiny, after all, these four people are in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, and they are all raised by Liu Ji, he is afraid that these people will change again, and secretly plan a bigger conspiracy in private.
Wang Lang's army has been divided a lot recently, after all, Liu Zhi also belongs to the core of the Liu group, he became the emperor, and Liu Ji's disciples will naturally be as stable as Mount Tai, but they don't know that Liu Zhi is trying to get rid of Liu Ji and his former officials.
Some of the court's loyal ministers have been purged.
Wen Tai, the director of the Ministry of Rites, openly opposed some of Liu Zhi's new policies after he ascended the throne in the court, and was beaten to death by Liu Zhi in the court.
The Wu Dynasty has been a doctor since ancient times, and Liu Zhiyi is a reckless man, and he actually committed atrocities in the court, which is also unprecedented in history.
Jiangbei governor He Zhe returned to the dynasty after his appointment, because he did not go to see Liu Zhi at the first time, but first went to his mentor Liu Zhang to pay homage, which made Liu Zhi very annoyed, he thought that He Zhe did not put him in his eyes, but went to Liu Zhang, who had a good relationship with his father, which was clearly against him, he actually privately sent a group of ruffians to ambush at the door of Liu Zhang's house, and as soon as He Zhe went out, he beat him to death at the door of Liu's mansion.
A dignified feudal official was beaten to death at the feet of the Son of Heaven, which made the ministers of the DPRK and China feel in danger.
Liu Zhi's ruthless methods are actually a manifestation of lack of self-confidence, he is not at ease with everyone, for fear that they will talk about his private usurpation, after all, his name as the emperor is not right, and his heart is weak.
Zhou Youshan also saw Liu Zhi's careful thoughts, and he bluntly wrote a letter, asking the emperor to choose an auspicious day to change the country name and year name as soon as possible. This move just satisfied Liu Zhi's strong vanity, he pushed the boat down the river, changed the name of the Wu Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty, and changed the year name to Shuntian for one year, which means that he is in accordance with the mandate of heaven.
In this way, the Wu Dynasty, which had been hundreds of years, came to an abrupt end in chaos, very suddenly and hastily.
Emperor Wu Ling of the Wu Dynasty and Duan Qing, a scholar of Wensongge, were confined to Qingliang Island in the palace at this moment, surrounded by water, and there was no way to escape.
Duan Qing originally thought that he would leave the Heavenly Prison and go to the pinnacle of his life smoothly, but he didn't expect that he would just go to the court and twist around, and be imprisoned again, but although the place where he was imprisoned this time was not far from the Heavenly Prison, after all, he could be regarded as leaving the place where he had been staying for several years.
Emperor Wuling meditated and participated in meditation every day, with a sense of leisure outside the matter, and it was rare for him to have such a pure time.
Today's Zhou Dynasty, on the surface, seems to be peaceful in all directions, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, it seems that Liu Zhi's position has gradually stabilized, but a bigger turmoil is quietly coming.
Liu Ji originally wanted to take the opportunity of his disappearance to let the emperor abdicate and become the emperor himself, but he didn't expect that the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches were behind, and his own son actually took the lead in taking the lead.
Where Liu Ji is at this moment, no one in the world knows, even his son Xinjun of the Zhou Dynasty is sending people everywhere to find Liu Ji's whereabouts, Liu Ji does not find it for a day, and he, the emperor, will not be at peace for a day.
When Liu Zhi became the emperor, what he was most eager to do was not to eliminate dissidents and eradicate some old ministers, these were all things he should do on the surface, and the thing that made him haunted was the basement of his family.
It was the basement built by Liu Ji, I heard that there were not only countless gold, silver and jewelry, but also the dragon veins of the Wu Dynasty, if the dragon veins were not destroyed, the Qi of the Wu Dynasty would not be finished, then the Zhou Dynasty established by himself was just duckweed on the water, a pavilion in the air, without roots and no foundation, and sooner or later it would be destroyed.
Liu Zhi sent out a large number of skilled craftsmen in the basement of Liu's mansion day and night to ponder the way to open the door of the basement, and the people who came back reported one after another, there was nothing to be done, and the door of the basement was difficult to open unless the key was found.
Liu Zhi knew in his heart that the key was in the hands of Liu Ji's four gates, if he forced them to ask for it, it would definitely backfire, once someone destroyed a key, then the huge wealth in the basement would be ruined, Liu Zhi was an insatiable person, and his dependence on luxury life made him desperate to open that door.
Liu Zhi began to solicit people from the four major gates, and he sent a large number of gold, silver, jewelry, and antique beauties to Wang Lang in the southeast, Wang Lang is a person who is rich and lustful, and his willpower is weak, Liu Zhi plans to open Wang Lang's gap first.
But what kind of person is Wang Lang? Experienced in the battlefield for a long time, he has already cultivated a lot of skills in his political career, can he not know Liu Zhi's tricks on the surface and behind the scenes?
On the surface, Wang Lang was very cooperative, receiving rewards and thanks, but he didn't mention the seal in his hand.
That is, he did not have the slightest intention of cooperating with Liu Zhi, and Liu Zhi sent someone to secretly send a message to Wang Lang, if the door of the basement was opened, he was willing to give all the wealth inside to Wang Lang, and he himself was only interested in the dragon vein of the Wu Dynasty.
Wang Lang was not moved when he heard the news, but fell into deep contemplation, Liu Zhi's move did not mean to give away wealth again, but gave an ultimatum, if Wang Lang did not even agree to such tempting conditions, then Liu Zhi would definitely take more radical measures, he understood the nature of this eldest prince, Liu Zhi would never give good things to others, but if anyone dared to stop him, he would never show mercy, his biological father Liu Ji did not return to the dynasty for a long time is a good example, although Liu Zhi said on the surface that Liu Ji did not want to come back to deal with the cumbersome government affairs, but no one in the world knows about him Liu Zhi sending people around to chase and kill the old man for the throne.