Chapter 289: The Great Chaos in Jin(1/2)
The Emperor of Jin had no choice but to kill these ministers of the Queen Mother's party out of a bad idea.
Anyway, the deed has been done.
It's too late to say anything else.
Those traitors who came here with Emperor Jin have all been executed by Emperor Jin.
The Jin Emperor also felt that his end was approaching. He said to his close ministers: "My time is running out, and my end will probably be in the near future..."
Just as he was about to continue talking, some ministers could not restrain their emotions and began to cry loudly.
And he was still crying, "Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, I can't bear to leave you!"
"His Majesty!"
When Emperor Jin heard these voices, he could only sigh helplessly.
Birth, old age, illness and death are the normal cycles of human nature. Who can stop it?
Apart from a few of his old rivals in the country, who else is there in the world?
The former Emperor of Chu died of illness eighteen years ago.
The former Wei Emperor also passed away last year.
Tang Emperor Li Yuan was also succeeded in usurping the throne by his own son.
The whole world is confused, even if I die at this time, it is still worth it.
However, it is no longer possible to stabilize the domestic situation.
He spoke again to the ministers and said: "You must listen to me. I slaughtered these ministers of the Queen Mother's party. After my death, the general will rebel. After some wars launched the year before last and last year, the general
Almost all of his direct troops have been exhausted, so we still have the strength to fight against him.
However, he still cannot be underestimated. According to his appeal and after threatening the emperor, he can gather at least 200,000 troops. Adding the previous army, there will be at least 300,000 to 400,000 troops to fight.
soldiers.
After the new emperor ascended the throne, the general Sima Kong could either command the army to control the capital and the young emperor, or send troops southward to the fiefdom to establish himself as king. Of course, he could also coerce the emperor to order the princes and rely on his own fiefdom.
At that time, maybe you and them will be in a protracted battle.
But no matter what, we must ensure that the crown prince ascends the throne smoothly. This aspect will be left to Bi Zheng. Shang Tianhong has followed me for many years. I know that he knows military affairs, so I decided to hand over the two hundred thousand troops to him.
Originally, I planned to let him lead these troops to cooperate with the imperial army near Gyeonggi, invade the capital, and assist the new emperor in enthroning himself as emperor, but...
But after thinking about it these past few days, I feel that the Queen Mother may not be able to defeat Sima Kong. When the military power falls into Sima Kong's hands, there is no guarantee that he will not do anything decisive and overturn my plan.
It's all in vain, so I plan to let Tianhong retreat and do the next best thing. After the new emperor ascends the throne, I will accumulate strength and declare war with Sima Kong in the name of Qingjun.
I will give Tianhong a secret decree. With this decree, Tianhong's army of King Qin can be justified. As for Beiliang, as long as they do not take the initiative to attack the hinterland of the Central Plains of our Jin Kingdom, let them fend for themselves and wait for the King of Beiliang.
A hundred years later, the so-called Beiliang Iron Cavalry will be defeated by itself."
Emperor Jin had his own ideas when he thought so.
If the Queen Mother could overpower General Sima Kong and firmly hold part of Jin's military power, then Shang Tianhong could enter the capital and assist the young emperor in his ascension to the throne.
But if Sima Kong had mastered the military power, then he would definitely wipe out the 250,000 troops under Shang Tianhong as quickly as possible. At that time, Sima Kong would hold the emperor hostage to order the princes, and would not give Shang Tianhong any help at all.
There is time to accumulate strength, but the situation is different if he is left wandering outside the capital.
If you advance, you can attack the capital; if you retreat, you can defend the Central Plains.
But by that time, it was time for the Jin Kingdom to fall into pieces.
After hearing Emperor Jin's tirade, all the ministers fell silent. Emperor Jin had arranged everything after his death. What else could they say?
after awhile.
Emperor Jin dozed off.
They were afraid of disturbing Emperor Jin's rest, so they all knelt outside the tent.
About half an hour later, Emperor Jin suddenly woke up. He smiled at Shang Tianhong, who had been staying by his side, and said: "I have done many wrong things, and I regret them very much. If it hadn't been for those wrong things, the Jin Kingdom would not be the same."
I have become what I am now, but I came to the throne at a young age, and no one taught me how to be a good emperor! Now, my children will repeat my mistakes, and I am really unwilling..."
After saying this, he looked outside the tent, but at this time, the tent door was closed.
After watching it for a while, he murmured and laughed again. He didn't know what to say anymore, it was so unclear that it was difficult to hear clearly.
Smiling and laughing, his breathing stopped suddenly.
Emperor Jin died of anger.
Probably, in the last period of his life, he saw the beautiful rivers and mountains of Jin!
But no matter what, Emperor Jin has become a thing of the past today and he passed away.
After the death of Emperor Jin, all the ministers knelt on the ground and mourned in pain.
The whole camp is pure and pure.
Wei Emperor Zhao Changqing was overjoyed when he learned the news about the death of Emperor Jin.
Although this man was his father-in-law, he couldn't help but feel happy when he died.
This means that the Jin Kingdom will be in chaos.
The Wei State could finally attack the Jin State severely.
As long as the Jin State is captured, the next step is the Chu State. After unifying all three kingdoms, it will declare war with the Tang State. At this point, the Wei State will not be far away from unifying the world.
On the third day after the death of Emperor Jin, Zhao Changqing temporarily returned to the capital, leaving the situation in the Changliu Mountains to Zhuge Liang.
The news of Emperor Jin's death quickly spread throughout the world, and Emperor Jin's dragon coffin was quickly sent to the Kingdom of Jin.
Prior to this, the Jin general Sima Kong and the Queen Mother had learned that the Jin emperor had killed his ministers during his lifetime, and they were both furious.
But I didn't expect that the news of Emperor Jin's death would come soon after.
One after the other, the difference is only nearly an hour.
After the death of the Jin Emperor, Sima Kong, who had been dormant for many years, finally showed his fangs. First, he put the empress dowager under house arrest with a thunderous force, and then pretended to be a loyal minister and good minister, determined to assist the young emperor in ascending the throne, and coerced the emperor to order the princes.
Emperor Jin, whose temple name was Jin Gaozong, thus completely ended his life.
The day before the Jin Emperor's coffin was transported to the capital, the young emperor ascended the throne.
Sima Kong coerced and lured the Jin Emperor, asking him to make him the Grand Marshal of the Nation's Military and Horses, Dazhu Kingdom, Prime Minister and other positions. From then on, he began his journey to coerce the emperor.
No one knows better than the young emperor at this moment. If he wants to live under Sima Kong's hand, he must be obedient. Even if there are some words that he doesn't want to listen to, he must pretend to be stupid and sit on the dragon throne to listen.
Sima Kong talked endlessly.
The alliance of the three emperors finally collapsed due to the death of Emperor Gaozong of Jin Dynasty.
Neither Wei nor Chu retreated their troops and were still stationed in the Changliu Mountains.
Wei's 300,000 troops will soon take over the Jin.
But don't rush it.
We need to wait until the situation in Jin is in chaos.
Within the Jin State, people became restless because of the death of Jin Gaozong, and everyone wanted to attack the Wei State.
But Sima Kong is not a fool. The current domestic situation is not stable yet, and it is not a good time to attack Wei and avenge the Jin Emperor.
What's more, Sima Kong had absolutely no need to offend such a behemoth as Wei for the sake of the dead emperor.
After the death of Emperor Gaozong of the Jin Dynasty, all countries sent envoys to express their condolences, but only Wei did not send envoys.
The relationship between the two countries has further deteriorated, which is also what the world expected.
There is nothing to hide at all. The Emperor of Jin was originally killed by Zhao Changqing, so sending envoys there at this time seemed too fake and too artificial.
After Emperor Gaozong of the Jin Dynasty entered the mausoleum, Sima Kong sent an imperial edict to Beiliang with the help of the young emperor, hoping that the King of Beiliang would come to the capital to express condolences to the late emperor. However, the King of Beiliang ignored the edict at all.
He has an attitude that even if he is killed, he will not enter the capital.
As a result, the people in the hinterland of Jin's Central Plains became even more disgusted with King Beiliang. After all, there were rumors a few days ago that Beiliang had conspired with Wei. When the late emperor died, King Beiliang did not come to express condolences. This was
Isn’t it a sign of guilty conscience in the eyes of the world?
Can you not call the King of Northern Liang a traitor?
In this way, the King of Northern Liang became the biggest traitor in the Jin Kingdom.
At the end of December of the same year, Shang Tianhong, who was conferred by the late emperor as the general manager of the march on Mangshan Road, was defined by Sima Kong as a traitor and a rebellious traitor. For a time, the Jin people shouted that everyone should be beaten.
The next day, the prime minister of the Jin Dynasty and Ming Dynasty was killed in a collision in the Jinluan Hall, causing shock in the world.
After the end of the year, in the third year of Taichu in the Wei Kingdom, Shang Tianhong announced to the world the will of the late emperor of the Jin Kingdom, and made public Sima Kong's idea of holding the emperor hostage to order the princes. He also prepared to march to the capital in the name of the Qing emperor. The Jin Kingdom
The princes from all walks of life and the kings of the south responded one after another, and a total of eighteen princes gathered to rebel against Sima Kong.
At the end of March in the third year of Taichu in the Wei Dynasty, the eighteen princes joined forces and the King of Beiliang held his troops. Sima Kong gathered 500,000 soldiers in the Hulao Pass area to prepare to fight against the coalition of princes.
At this point, the Jin Kingdom was in chaos.
To be continued...