Zhao Kuangyin grabbed the corner of the quilt and shouted loudly: "What are you trying to do!"

The generals replied loudly: "The army has no master, and we would like to make the Taiwei the emperor!"

Zhao Kuangyin was furious, "How could you do such a rebellious thing! You think my sword is not fast!"

The leaders all knew that Zhao Kuangyin was acting, so they didn't care what he said and pulled him off the bed with all their hands. Before Zhao Kuangyin could react, a yellow robe was already draped on him.

"All the soldiers are waiting outside to pay homage to Your Majesty. Please move aside!"

Regardless of whether Zhao Kuangyin agreed or not, they followed him out of the house and outside the inn.

It was only the fifth watch, and the sky had not yet brightened, but there was a dense mass of torches in front of the inn door, illuminating the surrounding area as bright as day. Countless soldiers surrounded the small inn door and made it airtight.

Seeing Zhao Kuangyin wearing a yellow robe coming out, everyone fell down and shouted: "Long live your Majesty! Long live! Long live!..."

The roar of the mountains and the tsunami continued for a long time, and everyone's face was filled with excitement. In addition to the pride of participating in witnessing the change of dynasties, there was also the expectation of receiving rewards.

As soon as Zhao Kuangyin raised his hand, his passionate voice stopped one after another, but there was no joy on his face. He could only hear him shout loudly: "You are greedy for wealth and honor, and you have appointed someone to be the emperor. If someone gives an order, are you willing to follow it?

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What he meant was that it was not Zhao Kuangyin's fault that he proclaimed himself emperor in Chenqiao today. It was because these military men were greedy for wealth. When he ascended the throne and received rewards in the future, the military men owed him money, and he immediately took the initiative.

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Since the generals had nothing to say, they responded loudly. Zhao Kuangyin immediately ordered all the troops to break camp and return. When he returned to the post station, he sneezed heavily and cursed: "At least give me a cotton-padded jacket and a small coat."

He pulled me out with just a yellow robe, I was freezing to death in this cold weather!"

"How meticulous can the officials expect from these rough men?" Xu Xian stepped forward and took off Zhao Kuangyin's yellow robe, and put the cotton clothes on him.

Zhao Kuangyi also brought the armor and Xu Xian helped Zhao Kuangyi put it on, and then put on the yellow robe again, adding a touch of wealth to his power, "Get Pan Mei for someone!"

Because she failed to prevent the Red Turbans from inhumanely harming Han Lingkun, even though she had made meritorious service on the grassland, Pan Mei was not reused after she returned to Kaifeng. However, after all, she was a trusted minister when Chai Rong was still alive, and was given the position of provincial envoy to internal guests.

This time the army went north to resist the Khitan, Pan Mei was also sent to act as a supervisor. After crossing the Yellow River, Zhao Pu had people take care of him.

Not long after, Zhang Qiong came in with Pan Mei. He must have known what happened to make such a big noise. Seeing Zhao Kuangyin wearing a yellow robe? He was not too surprised, but he still said: "See you later, official."

I’ve passed the Taiwei, but I don’t know what the Taiwei’s orders are!”

Zhao Kuangyin sighed and said: "Brother Zhongxun? You should know what happened in the camp, so I won't go into details. What happened now? In fact, it's not what I wanted. Now I invite Zhongxun over because I want to call Brother Zhongxun.

Go into the palace first and let the Queen Mother and the officials know, lest they panic and cause more casualties. If the matter is handled well, I will definitely remember Brother Zhongxun for his contribution."

Zhao Kuangyin asked Pan Mei to enter the palace first? In addition to comfort, it also meant threatening. He dared to do this because he was extremely confident. Now he has half of the imperial army under his command? Now the other half in Tokyo city

It is controlled by Shi Shouxin, and he will never fight to the death against his comrades who are three times his size.

Pan Mei was naturally loyal to Chai Rong, but Chai Rong had already passed away. Knowing that the situation was inevitable, he bowed and accepted the order and said: "I am willing to serve the Taiwei in spite of my humble position!"

Just as he was about to retreat, Xu Xian said again: "Please Zhongxun tell the Queen Mother not to resist. The new king will definitely treat them kindly to their mother and son."

Pan Mei raised her head and looked at Xu Xian, "The Queen Mother can certainly trust your father's words." He said, cupping his hands and retreating.

Xu Xian said to Zhao Kuangyin again: "The officials should send someone to inform the family and tell them to be on guard, lest Han Tong jumps over the wall in a hurry."

Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said: "Of course I should. I will trouble you about Mr. Chu's matter. I told them to move to the Dianqian Division. I will protect them if I keep my word."

Among the ancients, he was a scholar, and there was also a person who announced good news, not to mention that he became an emperor. There was no reason why Chu Zhaofu should not accept such a good job.

After all this busy work, the sky was already turning white, and it was getting late. Zhao Kuangyin left the inn without further delay, ordered the elite soldiers and horses to surround him and went to fight Manan. As soon as he entered the city, it was another world.

At this moment, Chai Zongjian in the palace thought that this was an ordinary morning. He got up early, and Fu Liying was waiting for him to wash and change clothes before going to court to listen to politics.

When he first came to court last year, the courtiers always talked among themselves, and then the three ministers made decisions. If he didn't speak, no one would care about him.

Since he used the methods taught to him by Lao Mu and the Queen Mother, the situation has greatly improved. Although he still cannot make a decision, the ministers have become accustomed to reporting to him before discussing matters.

The Queen Mother said that he had done a good job and that when he grew up, he would become a wise emperor like the late emperor. Chai Zongjian also thought so, and that would be his lifelong ambition.

For this reason, he not only studied hard with the gentlemen, but also practiced riding and shooting with the guards when he had free time. The Queen Mother said that the emperor did not need to have too much force. As long as the emperor had courage and courage, there would be loyal and brave people willing to follow him, so he should spend more time.

Reading. That's right. If you have a loyal and brave minister like the Taiwei, it's not his turn to come to the battle in person.

He listened carefully to the ministers' report, most of which he couldn't understand clearly, but if he didn't understand, he asked if he was afraid of saying the wrong thing and being laughed at by the ministers. The court meeting continued to be very long as usual, and the hour was about to pass by.

I also became more impatient.

Hearing the sound of a slight cough coming from behind the screen, Chai Zongjian knew that the Queen Mother was also urging her. He turned to Li Tingfang and said: "That's it for today's court meeting. Let's go to court!"

Just as he was about to get up, he saw someone entering the palace without permission. Chai Zongjian couldn't help but feel a little angry. Firstly, he felt that this person was rude, and secondly, he felt that the guards in front of the door were useless.

But when he saw the appearance of the person coming, Chai Zong's anger with his remonstrance was mostly gone, because this person was Pan Mei, the envoy from the Hakka Province. The envoy from the Hakka Province was a close official of the emperor and already controlled part of the internal guard. However, he immediately became strange and asked

: "Pan Mei, didn't you go north with Captain Zhao? Why are you back again?"

Pan Mei hurried to the Danqi, prostrated and kowtowed: "I am incompetent, Captain Zhao rebelled in Chenqiaoyi and proclaimed himself emperor!"

This crisp sentence was like a thunderbolt thrown into the hall, shocking everyone, including the little emperor and the three princes.

There was silence in the main hall. After a brief moment of confusion, Chai Zongjian suddenly stood up and walked down the steps step by step. He looked at Pan Mei and said, "What did you say just now? Tell me again!"

Pan Mei raised her head and looked at Chai Zong and remonstrated: "Your Majesty, Lieutenant Zhao rebelled in Chenqiaoyi and proclaimed himself emperor."

Snapped!

Chai Zongjian's small hand suddenly slapped Pan Mei's face, and he gritted his teeth and yelled: "You lied to me! Taiwei Zhao is a minister left by the late emperor to leave alone. How could he mutiny and proclaim himself emperor when he was so loyal to Zhou Dynasty and me?"

Pan Mei fell to the ground and sobbed sadly: "I didn't lie, it was my incompetence. Please forgive me!"

Chai Zongjian seemed to have been punched in the chest. He staggered back a step and sat down on the steps of Danqi. His expression was stunned, as if all his soul and soul had been taken away.

Prime Minister Fan Zhi suddenly turned his head and grabbed the hand of another prime minister Wang Pu, "It is our sin to dispatch generals in a hurry!" His long nails dug deeply into Wang Pu's tender flesh.

Almost bleeding from pinching.

However, Wang Pu's face was twitching in pain, but he still didn't say a word. The other ministers were also silent, watching their noses and noses, not knowing what they were thinking.

Han Tong suddenly left work and turned around to walk out of the hall. Pan Mei stood up and asked: "Han Linggong, where are you going?"

Han Tong didn't even look back, "Suppress the rebellion!"

Pan Mei quickly chased out of the palace and stepped forward to catch Han Tongtong: "Lieutenant Zhao said that after entering the city, he would not kill anyone in vain, and he would also treat the Queen Mother and Your Majesty preferentially!"

Han Tong wiped off Pan Mei's hand with all his strength and sighed: "I'm not you, I can't say this easily, let alone watch Dazhou's empire being taken away like this!"

Zhao Kuangyin worked hard, and by the time he led the elite pioneers across the Yellow River, the sun was already three poles high. When he got ashore, he went straight to Chenqiao Gate in the north of Kaifeng. The reason why he came to this gate was because it was relatively close to the imperial palace.

Also recently.

It was almost noon when everyone arrived outside Chenqiao Gate. The moat suspension bridge had already been raised. The top of the city was covered with flags and swords, and there were even soldiers with bows in their hands aiming at the city. It seemed that they had no intention of opening the door to welcome Zhao Kuangyin into the city.

Even so, Zhao Kuangyin could not turn around and leave, so he immediately sent Zhang Qiong to call the door. Zhang Qiong rode his horse to the edge of the moat and shouted towards the top of the city: "The soldiers have appointed the Taiwei as the emperor. Why don't you open the door to welcome the new emperor?"

You enter the city!"

The people on the top of the city grabbed the female wall and shouted loudly to the bottom of the city: "As Han Linggong expected, you have come to Chenqiao Gate. I don't recognize any Taiwei. The emperor only listens to the military orders of Han Linggong. If you have the courage, just come."

attack!"

Zhang Qiong pointed to the top of the city and replied: "Don't be ignorant, aren't you afraid of the Queen settling accounts?"

"If you want to settle accounts, come here. I'm not afraid to tell you that my name is Chen Dake!"

"Grandpa's name is Mei Laoliu. Tell Zhao Kuangyin that wolf-hearted thing has no ability to bully orphans and widowed mothers. If you have the guts, come to grandpa!"

"Shoot him for me!"

A wave of arrows shot down from the top of the city and headed straight for Zhang Qiong. Zhang Qiong immediately turned his horse back and fled. When he reached Zhao Kuangyin, he pulled out the arrows on his shoulder and said: "Lieutenant, they refuse to open the door. It seems that Han Tong

I specially sent my trusted followers to guard it!”

Zhao Kuangyin turned his head and looked at Zhao Pu beside him, "Sir, what happened? Maybe something happened to Shoushi."

Everything was arranged by Zhao Pu. If there was a problem, he would ask Zhao Pu, but Zhao Pu said: "I don't know yet. Since Chen Qiaomen won't let me pass, why not..."

Everyone looked at Zhao Pu eagerly, hoping that this capable man could come up with a brilliant idea, but Zhao Pu said: "...Why don't we change the city gate and go to the nearby Fengqiu Gate to see if it can be done?

Let’s go there!”

This brilliant idea almost broke the backs of everyone. Of course, it might be a good idea. Once the guard of Fengqiumen showed his kindness and asked Zhao Kuangyin to come in.

But this is a bad idea. After all, there are 30,000 elite vanguards behind him. If he just changes to Fengqiumen in such a dejected manner, he will lose face and lose Tianwei.

If the guard at Fengqiu Gate does not open the door, he might have to try the gates of Kaifeng one by one. He is afraid that all the soldiers behind him will run away before he can even try half of them. I wonder if Zhao Kuangyin now regrets that he was too confident before, no?

Pan Mei should be asked to inform him of the mutiny in advance.

While Zhao Kuangyin was thinking about it, Zhang Qiong suddenly shouted, "What do you want to do!"

I saw a soldier emerge from the crowd, holding a long spear and stabbing Zhao Kuangyin straight. He was caught off guard and several soldiers did not have time to stop him. They saw that the shining spear head was no more than five or six feet away from Zhao Kuangyin.

Before Zhao Kuangyin could draw his knife to block, Xu Xian had already grasped the barrel of the gun and swung it hard. The soldier staggered to the ground and fell to pieces. Zhang Qiong immediately drew his knife to chop the stabbing soldier, and stretched out the knife before he could reach him.

A horizontal knife blocked Zhang Qiong's knife.

Zhang Qiong raised his foot and kicked the opponent to the ground, and scolded with a sullen face: "Shi San, what do you want to do? You didn't see that this guy was just about to assassinate the captain!" Zhang Qiong, Zhao Kuangyi's long follower, naturally recognized him, and he was usually boring.

The same person actually dared to attack him.

Shi San held his stomach and said, "He is a confused person, please forgive him."

Zhao Kuangyi immediately reprimanded: "Shi San, what are you talking about? Why don't you shut up!" He turned around and said to Zhao Kuangyin: "Brother, I have nothing to do with you!"
To be continued...