In the Yedu Palace of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the hall was in chaos. Qi Lord Gao Yang looked like an enraged beast with disheveled beard and hair. He was naked and roaring angrily in the hall while waving his sword and hacking at the pillars and utensils in the hall.
All the slaves in the palace were pale and trembling. Some slaves could not bear the fright and ran out of the palace crying. However, this action immediately attracted Gao Yang's attention.
He stalked up to catch up, threw the knife and chopped the slave to the ground, then dragged her back to the palace, ignored the slave's wails and begged for mercy, and directly cut the slave into pieces in the palace.
This scene made the disciples in the palace even more horrified, and the ministers waiting outside the palace turned pale for a moment after hearing the shrill howl that was not like a human voice coming from the palace.
After a long time, the sound of people in the palace died down, and then an eunuch came out cautiously and shouted to the people outside the corridor: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty has summoned King Changshan, Xianggong Yang and others to come to the palace to see you."
Since the Huainan war report arrived in Beijing, several people knew that something bad was going to happen. They had been waiting here for more than an hour. They were under a lot of pressure both mentally and physically. Even though they were summoned at this time, they all felt heavy and knew that they had no way out.
To avoid it, you can only bite the bullet and climb the steps into the palace.
As soon as these people entered the palace, a strong and disgusting smell of blood hit their faces. Yang Min felt his feet slip and when he lowered his head, he saw a piece of bloody intestine wrapped in an unknown source.
Before taking off his shoes, in shock, he almost fell into a pool of blood in the palace. Seeing the emperor in the palace looking down from him, he did not dare to make any big move. He could only take advantage of the situation and rub his feet to remove the intestines from his shoes.
throw away.
"You have mistaken me, you have mistaken me!"
When he saw several people entering the palace, Gao Yangzhi stood up from the royal bed, pointed at them and cursed loudly: "The Qiang thieves violated the agreement and bullied me, causing the defeat of our army. Fei'er and others have been admonishing me so hard these days, how could we have avoided this disaster?"
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Everyone knew that they were in the wrong, and they really didn't expect that Li Boshan could break his promise to such an extent. Before the ink on the contract was dry, he stabbed the Qi army in Huainan. At this time, the emperor pointed at him and scolded him,
They all lowered their heads and did not dare to refute, allowing the emperor to vent his anger.
However, at this moment, Gao Yang was extremely angry, which could not be resolved by killing a few slaves and insulting the ministers.
He often prides himself on his achievements, but now he is completely compared to others in his most proud field.
Although the previous peace talks at Luoshui were also conducive to the situation of the Northern Qi Dynasty, it avoided the embarrassment of fighting on two fronts, and was able to quickly mobilize and gather forces to counterattack the Turks and drive them away. It was also the correct decision at the time.
However, the subsequent development of the situation made the biggest beneficiary of this decision become the old enemy of the Western Wei Dynasty. Li Boshan quickly withdrew from Heluo, first put down the internal rebellion, and then directly intercepted and killed the Turkic Khan on the Turkic backroad. And now it is even more serious.
He directly regarded the peace treaty as bullshit, and joined forces with Nanliang to backstab the Qi army in Huainan.
Gao Yang's two biggest achievements in foreign development since he took office were: the first was to wipe out Rouran, Turks and other Hu tribes in Monan; the second was to take advantage of Jiangdong's fall into Hou Jing's rebellion and occupy a large area of Huainan territory.
This made Qi State greatly surpass the period of his father and brother in terms of momentum and actual territory.
But now, only half a year has passed, and these two achievements that Gao Yang is most proud of have been destroyed to varying degrees, and they were still damaged at the hands of the same person!
Gao Yang's mood has been unstable and moody recently, but now he was so stimulated by the defeat report sent by Huainan that he fell into a state of hysteria.
After angrily scolding the people who had previously advised peace talks with the Western Wei Dynasty, Gao Yang shouted angrily: "Quickly, summon Wei into the palace, write a composition for me, send a message to recruit troops, and attack the Qiang thieves!"
When several people in the palace heard this, their expressions changed. However, seeing the emperor's crazy and angry look, they did not dare to dissuade him for a while. Only Yang Min saw that everyone refused to say anything, so he stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty
Calm down your anger, please calm down, our army has suffered heavy losses, and we don’t have Shengjia to use, so we should consider this matter in the long run!"
Before Yang Min finished speaking, Gao Yang glared at him again. Before he could get angry, Liu Taozhi, the general of the guard in the palace, loudly said: "Ms. Yang, what he said is ridiculous. The three units in Yebei have 300,000 soldiers. Even with ten
A soldier can serve as an armor, but it can also be used as tens of thousands of troops. What does it mean to fight against thieves without soldiers? The Lord humiliates his ministers to death, and the Qiang thieves bully them with such unrighteousness, and the generals and others will want to kill them to vent their anger, and the soldiers' hearts are very useful!"
"Taozhi is truly a loyal and brave man!"
After Gao Yang heard this, a smile appeared on his angry face. He walked straight down the hall, grabbed Gao Yan's hat and Yang Min's belt, threw them into Liu Taozhi's arms, and said: "
I hate that you have such a poor life, and it is difficult to be granted a high position! But if you can capture and kill the Qiang thieves for me, why bother conferring on you the title of king!"
Liu Taozhi didn't expect that his flattering words would be praised so eloquently. He was surprised for a moment and didn't know what expression to make on his face. He held the crowns of Gao Yan and Yang Min and glanced at the two men with gloomy expressions.
After all, the man still did not dare to follow the promise on the pole, but kowtowed hurriedly and said: "Is your Majesty thirsty? I will give your Majesty some wine to soothe your throat."
After Gao Yang heard this, he was also very greedy, so he ordered wine and started drinking in the blood-stained palace. When Wei Shou, who was summoned, hurriedly entered the palace, the emperor was already in a deep state of contentment, but he still did not forget.
He was ordered to quickly draft the imperial edict, but when Wei Shou suppressed his nausea, wrote it, and submitted it to the emperor for reading, Gao Yang was already unconscious and vomited a mouthful of wine on the imperial edict.
The laborers who built Santai were naturally difficult to use as armored soldiers. Although the Northern Qi Dynasty still had strong mobilization power, its national power was not infinite. Although the main losses in the Jiangdong battle were armored soldiers from Henan, Huainan and other places, even the most elite
Jinyang soldiers also fought hard against the Wei army at the end of last year, and Hu Lujin's sons had not yet shown their loyalty.
Therefore, even if we were to send troops to attack the Western Wei Dynasty, there would be no suitable general to serve as the commander-in-chief. As for His Majesty the Emperor personally conducting the expedition, it would be even more worrying.
Gao Yang drank heavily all night. When he woke up the next day, although he no longer clamored for crusade against the Western Wei Dynasty, he ordered a strict investigation of the Li clan in Longxi, intending to execute him.
However, after a search, it was found that all members of the Li family had gone west. This immediately made Gao Yang furious, and he directly ordered the investigation to spread, not only the Li family, but also people related to them by marriage.
However, such an expansion would undoubtedly include all the Kanto clans within the scope of the attack. Since the Taihe Reform in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the upper class of Hu and Han have made peace and become an alliance, and they have inextricably linked and intricate relationships with each other. If you want to
Uprooting one of them will result in tearing a huge gap into the entire world.
As the prime minister and a representative of the family, Yang Min naturally knew the stakes involved. When he learned that the emperor wanted to do this, he hurriedly went to the palace to remonstrate: "The gate of declining virtue has given birth to evil. Li Boshan is unjust and unworthy of the world."
People sacrifice their lives for it! Although all the families in Guandong are unworthy, they are also virtuous. The Cui family's concubine is also a daughter of the Li family, but she gave birth to the mother of the country. How can she be considered a sin? I sincerely ask your majesty to take back her life...
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Cui Taiji was the wife of Li Xizong of Zhao County. She was named Taiji because she was the mother of Empress Li. Her mother was the sister of Li Yu, who was born in the Li family in Longxi. Li Yu was Li Boshan's cousin before he was born. Is this true?
If we pursue the case all the way, even the emperor will feel uneasy at home.
However, when Gao Yang heard this, he glared and said angrily: "This old man actually has such an evil relationship? How can I forgive him!"
After saying this, he directly ordered the Baibao Xianbei soldiers to arrange their manners and escort him directly to his mother-in-law's house in Fangli to interrogate his guilt.
Yang Min wanted to use this to persuade the emperor to give up pursuing this investigation, but he did not want to arouse the emperor's anger. He was at his wits' end for a while. He went into the palace to inform the queen of the matter, and at the same time returned to the official office and arranged for the envoys to rush to Jinyang.
I went to inform the Empress Dowager of this situation, hoping that the Empress Dowager could quickly come to Yecheng to restrain the emperor.
When Gao Yang entered the Li family's house, the officials captured his mother-in-law into the hall and asked Cui loudly why he chose a woman from the Li family in Longxi. It was naturally difficult for Cui to answer this question, so she could only lower her head and cry, begging for forgiveness.
At this time, Cui's other daughter Li and her husband-in-law Yuan Ang, a former member of the Wei clan, came to visit her. Seeing that her mother was treated so rudely, Li kowtowed and begged for mercy.
Gao Yang had already coveted Li's beauty, but now that he saw his pity and pity, his lust became unbearable, and he took Li indoors and forced him to have sex with her. When he wanted to go out, he felt that his husband Yuan Ang was very disgusting.
, they ordered him to be captured on the left and right sides under the corridor, drew their bows and shot at him with a thunderbolt. Every sharp sound of the thunderbolt was accompanied by Yuan Ang's screams.
Gao Yang was excited when he heard this voice, and he fired hundreds of arrows before he stopped. Although the Ming Dy had no edge, the force hit him really hard. After Gao Yang stopped, Yuan Ang's sternum and ribs were all broken, and he vomited blood for several strokes.
Already exhausted.
After Queen Li entered the house and saw this scene, she was so shocked that her face turned pale, and she screamed and lay down straight on the ground. When Gao Yang saw the Queen here, the look on his face calmed down a little, and he hurriedly asked someone to send the Queen to the inner house, and then asked someone to take the Queen to the inner house.
Clean the place and capture the armored soldiers guarding the door. While slashing with the sword, he cursed angrily: "The queen came here and didn't come to retaliate. She shocked my beloved wife and she really deserves to be killed!"
Even the queen's relatives were not immune to the humiliation, and other prominent families in Yecheng could not help but tremble in fear at the emperor's increasingly cruel behavior.
After Empress Dowager Lou entered the capital, she was equally helpless. She shed tears and said softly: "Although my son is insane, he has never been in this state. To be like this now, could it be that a villain really took away his luck?"
After hearing the Empress Dowager's words, it was obvious that some alchemists would suggest that the tombs of the ancestors of the Li family in Longxi could be excavated within the territory. They were disgusted by this, and might be able to restore the Emperor's Qingming Dynasty and ensure the prosperity of the country.
If this involves cutting off one's own flesh and blood, Lou might still have to hesitate, but if it involves robbing the ancestral graves of his enemies, then of course there is nothing to hesitate about. Even if it doesn't work, at least he can vent his anger.
As a result, the tombs of the Li family in Longxi, Li Yu and others around Yecheng were all demolished, and the monks, Buddhists, and alchemists threw their bodies into the wilderness after practicing the method. But the real ancestral tomb of the Li family in Longxi is still in Luoyang, especially Li Boshan's grandfather Li Qian, great-grandfather Li Cheng, and
Li Chong and others all died in Luoyang and were buried in Yanshi. When the Yecheng Imperial Army went to Heluo to continue the destruction, they found that these old tombs had been moved away.