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"Wei Gongzi Run was ambushed by a mistake in Guantao. He was defeated by Julu. His life and death were uncertain."
In early November, this rumor spread quietly in "Nanyan" and "Suanzao" in the north of Liang County. In just a few days, it caused an uproar among the local people and the Wei troops stationed there.
After hearing about this incident, Pang Huan, the commander of the anti-rebellion army, was shocked and quickly reported it to Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang.
At this time, Zhao Yuanzuo, the King of Nanliang, had informed the entire army that they were ready to cross the river again and launch a full-scale counterattack against the Korean army in Hanoi County. However, when he heard this rumor at first glance, even though he was as scheming as Zhao Yuanzuo, the King of Nanliang
, and my heart couldn't help but thump.
It’s no wonder, after all, Zhao Run is now the Prince of the Eastern Palace of the Wei State, with a transcendent status and a special status. If he accidentally dies in this unprecedented battle, the loss to the Wei State will be far greater than the loss.
A commander with the ability to "destroy a country" could so easily put the entire Wei Kingdom into turmoil.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, immediately stopped his decision to lead his army across the river to attack Ji County, and ordered Pang Huan: "This must be a trick of the Koreans. Immediately block Nanyan and jujube, thoroughly investigate the source of this rumor, and then
No one is allowed to talk about this!"
It has to be said that the reaction of Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo was quite quick. After learning about this rumor, he immediately decided to block the news because in his opinion, this rumor was too destructive.
No, half a day later, when Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, was waiting for a response in the city of "Nanyan", Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, rushed into the city guard's house in a panic and asked to see the former.
It turned out that in this war, Chengling King Zhao Shen led his private army and was responsible for supplying grain and grass to several Wei armies on the Hanoi battlefield. Therefore, in the past two days, Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo felt that the Korean army's war attitude in Hanoi County was strange.
, realized in his heart that the situation was not good, and when he was about to change his strategy and launch a counterattack, he sent someone to urge Zhao Shen, King of Chengling, for supplies.
After receiving an urgent food reminder letter from Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang, Chengling King Zhao Shen also felt a little puzzled. After all, according to the strategy formulated by their Wei Crown Prince Zhao Run in advance, the date for the "comprehensive counterattack" should be after the beginning of the next spring. He could not
Understand why Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, urged for food and grass at this time.
Not to mention that Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, was the commander-in-chief of the Hanoi battlefield. Therefore, Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, who was responsible for the logistics and transportation of grain and grass, did not dare to refuse the former's request to urge grain and grass. In the end, he asked his private army to prepare a batch of grain and grass.
He personally led the private army to escort him to Nanyan, and by the way, he personally asked Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang.
After all, Chengling King Zhao Shen belongs to the royal family of Prince Zhao Run. In the eyes of today's princeling nobles, Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo is not one of them.
What he didn't expect was that while Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, was waiting to personally escort the grain and grass to Nanyan, he suddenly heard a rumor in the city that Zhao Run, the prince of the East Palace of Wei State, had suffered a defeat in Guantao, South Korea, and fled with Julu.
The uncertainty of life and death scared him so much that his face turned pale.
Not to mention that Prince Zhao Run is the crown prince whom he strongly supports. As far as the current situation is concerned, everyone in Wei almost expects His Royal Highness the Prince of the East Palace to lead them to defeat South Korea and make Wei the dominant power in the Central Plains - who
Have you ever thought that something unexpected would happen to your Royal Highness?
The more he thought about it, the more panic he felt. After arriving at the city of Nanyan, Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, did not bother to deliver food and grass to the Wei army stationed there, so he hurriedly went to see Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, to ask what the rumor was about.
On the same day, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, met with Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, in his study, and comforted the latter: "Brother, don't be surprised. In my opinion, this is just a deliberate release by the Han army in order to plunge the Wei Dynasty into turmoil." It's just a rumor. I have sent people to trace the source of the rumor. I believe that the rumor will be put to rest within a few days."
"Is it really just a rumor?" After hearing what Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, said, Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, asked hesitantly: "Has my dear brother received a letter from His Highness the Crown Prince recently?"
"Well..." Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, pondered for a moment.
In fact, at this time, Prince Zhao Run of Wei saw through Han Lihou Han Wu's plot to ambush him in Guantao, and cleverly attacked Julu City. Han Lihou Han Wu was shocked and angry, and immediately ordered Beiyan to guard Leyi and Shanggu. Three powerful generals, guarding Ma She and Yu Yang guarding Qin Kai, led their troops to Julu and cut off the Wei army's return route.
Although even if it were another month, the army under Han Lihou and Han Wu would not be able to defeat the Wei army in Julu City. In fact, they were even tricked by Zhao Run, causing more than 10,000 Daijun heavy cavalry under Han general Sima Shang to appear. There were casualties, but no matter what, the Wei army's return route was indeed cut off by the Korean army, and the Shanggu cavalry under the command of Ma She, the Shanggu guard, also blocked the main roads, almost completely cutting off the communication between Wei Prince Zhao Run and the Wei mainland. The channel of news - even the Green Crows accompanying Zhao Run would be unable to break through the many obstacles of the Korean army in a short time.
Because of this, when Han Li Hou Han Wu later forged a false battle report in an attempt to deceive Zhao Hongrun, Zhao Hongrun could only rely on his trust and recognition of the talents of Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo to conclude that it was a fake battle report, rather than through the accurate sources to identify.
By the same token, Zhao Yuanzuo, the King of Nanliang, and Zhao Shen, the King of Chengling, currently have no information about Zhao Hongrun in Korea. They only know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did lead the Yanling and Shangshui armies to sneak into the hinterland of South Korea. But what is the current situation? But nothing is known.
"How long has it been since we heard from His Highness the Crown Prince?" Chengling King Zhao Shen asked with a trembling tone.
After hearing this, as if he had read through the thoughts of Zhao Shen, King of Chengling, Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang, said calmly: "Brother Xian, there is no need to be so panicked. The prince has two elite Yanling Army and Shang Shui Army under his command, a total of 100,000 people. How can this be so?" Will he be easily defeated by the Koreans?"
To be fair, although he had some concerns about this in his heart, from a rational point of view, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, did not believe that rumor at all - it was just that the stakes in this matter were too high, which made him a little uneasy.
Prince Zhao Run, is he someone who can be defeated so easily?
That is the man who dared to say in front of his Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo, "I am not afraid of your rebellion, because I am confident that I can deal with you." At least in the eyes of Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo, Zhao Run is better than his father Zhao Yuanzuo. Si is more courageous and more talented.
How could such a person be easily defeated by the Koreans?
It has to be said that although Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo and Prince Zhao Run were in conflict with each other, the former's judgment of the latter was still very accurate. However, there was one thing that Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo misjudged, that is, he underestimated this rumor. The damage caused to Wei State.
To put it simply, although he ordered the rumor to be blocked in time, the rumor quickly spread throughout Nanyan and the Jujube area. Almost all the people in the two places were talking about it in private, and it caused a lot of damage.
People's panic.
It’s no wonder, after all, Prince Zhao Run’s popularity and prestige in the Wei Kingdom are too high now, especially when the Wei Emperor Zhao Si officially established the latter’s status as the crown prince, which made the entire Wei Kingdom almost imperceptible.
The emperor accepted the crown prince Zhao Run.
Regarding the fact that he will become their king, even the ministers in the court also call themselves ministers, minor ministers, etc. in front of Zhao Run. In fact, the status and rights of the prince Zhao Run in Wei are no different from that of a king, at best.
It's just the final routine of the "Enthronement Ceremony".
Because of this, if Zhao Hongrun accidentally dies in the battle in Korea, it will be no less shocking to the Wei State than the death of a king. It seems that such a major event that can shock the entire Wei State, how could Zhao Yuanzuo, the King of Nanliang, want to block it?
Can the message be blocked?
No, within two days, instead of being suppressed, this rumor intensified. Even the soldiers and generals who suppressed the rebel army were affected by this rumor. The army was panicked and their morale plummeted.
This made Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, secretly resentful and cursed Zhao Run secretly: Shu Zi risked his life with a thousand gold coins, it was extremely stupid!
Two days later, this rumor finally spread from Nanyan and Suanzao to Daliang, the capital of Wei State, and once again caused an uproar.
The first person to learn about it was Chu Shuli, the chief minister of Daliang Mansion.
On that day, while Mr. Fu Zheng was reviewing documents in the government office, suddenly an official from the government office came to report in a hurry: "Sir Fu Zheng, something serious has gone wrong."
"What's wrong?" Chu Shuli raised his head in confusion.
The official said with an anxious look on his face: "Today when the government officials in the department were patrolling the streets, they heard people on the streets talking about a rumor, which made the people panic."
"Oh? What kind of rumors can make people's hearts turbulent?" Chu Shuli didn't pay attention at first, put down the brush in his hand, picked up the tea cup on the desk and took a sip.
At this time, the official swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty: "There are rumors that His Royal Highness the Prince led an army to attack South Korea and was ambushed. He was defeated by Julu, and his life or death is uncertain..."
"Bang-dang——!"
The tea cup in Chu Shuli's hand fell to the ground and broke into several pieces. He didn't bother to wipe the tea on his chin that wetted his beard. He opened his eyes wide and shouted with a look of horror: "You, you... are presumptuous! You,
How brave!”
After hearing this, the official argued eagerly: "Sir, it's not the subordinates who dared to curse His Highness the Crown Prince, but the people on the street... That's how they spread the word!"
Chu Shuli opened his mouth, and many expressions such as shock, anger, and fear flashed across his face. After a while, he asked with difficulty: "Really, seriously?"
The official said repeatedly: "My lord, it is absolutely true! ... Even if a villain has taken the courage of a leopard, he would not dare to make such nonsense about such a big matter."
After hearing this, Chu Shuli opened his mouth and suddenly reached out to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeve. He felt that his mouth was dry. But when he reached out to drink tea to moisten his throat, he found nothing.
When he looked at it, he realized that the tea cup he usually cherished had already broken into several pieces on the ground.
If it were normal times, he would definitely feel heartbroken right now, but at this moment, he didn't feel any pain in his heart, because his whole body was affected by the rumor, and he was so frightened that even his back
There was a faint chill rising up.
It's no wonder, after all, the destructive power of this rumor is too great. Its destructive power is far more than just "the life or death of His Royal Highness is uncertain". It also involves a series of subsequent events. For example, if such a misfortune really happens,
Regarding the matter, who will inherit the Wei Kingdom? Is it the emperor Zhao Wei, or the princes who have been crowned kings, such as King Xiang Zhao Jing, King Yan Zhao Jiang, King Yi Zhao Yin, or King Huan Zhao Xuan - this matter
If it is not handled properly, a new round of civil strife may break out in Wei State.
After pondering for a moment, Chu Shuli licked his dry lips and said in a deep voice: "Send all the officials in the government office to block the streets and alleys, prohibit people from discussing the matter privately, and then send people to trace the source of the rumors...
…In addition, send people to Dali Temple and the Imperial Guards Office in the city to ask for the assistance of the Second Office and cooperate with our Daliang Mansion to block this rumor!"
"Yes, yes." The official nodded repeatedly, bowed and retreated.
However, even though Chu Shuli, the president of the Daliang Prefecture, responded quickly, the influence of this rumor was so great that in a short period of time, the rumor spread throughout the Daliang court and everyone.
When this rumor reached Dali Temple, the reaction of Dali Temple was similar to that of Daliang Mansion. Although the old minister Xu Rong was no longer in charge of affairs, the young minister Yang Yu who succeeded the old master was also well aware of this rumor.
Therefore, when he learned that Daliang Mansion sent someone to ask for help from Dali Temple to suppress the rumors, Shaoqing Yang Yu did not dare to neglect at all. He sent all the government officials and policemen in the government office to patrol the streets and blockade them.
rumor.
Shortly afterwards, the "Forbidden City Security Bureau" in Daliang City also received the news.
The so-called "Jinwei Office" is the "Daliang Imperial Guard Office". The predecessor of this official office was the "Bingwei Mansion". Since the former prince Zhao Yu unified the "three guards" of Bingwei, Imperial Guard and Langwei
After that, the imperial guards became the only guards in Daliang City.
After that, the imperial guard moved its headquarters out of the palace and moved to the original military guard mansion in the city. From then on, it was separated from the supervision and control of the inner chamberlain and became the direct guard of the former prince Zhao Yu.
Later, after the new crown prince Zhao Run came to power, this imperial guard was directly under the new crown prince Zhao Run.
The chief commander of the Imperial Guard is still Li Zheng, the former commander of the Three Guards Army, and the deputy commander is Prince Zhao Run's former chief of guard, Wei Jiao. After they learned about this rumor spread in the city, they also
Was shocked.
At that time, Li Zheng immediately ordered the Imperial Guard to impose martial law throughout the city and to trace the source of the rumor. Deputy Commander Wei Jiao personally led the Imperial Guard to trace the source of the rumor in the streets and alleys in order to find the person who dared to
The rumormonger who slandered His Royal Highness.
As a result, in just half a day, the entire city of Daliang City was under martial law. Groups of armored guards quickly blocked the streets and alleys, going from house to house to thoroughly investigate the source of the rumors. This in turn made the people in the city even more frightened -
—It’s not that he’s afraid of the guards, but he’s horrified by the truth of that rumor.
Because in the eyes of ordinary people, if this rumor is false, why did Daliang Mansion, Dali Temple, and the Imperial Guards Department mobilize so many people?
It has to be said that urgent matters lead to chaos. Whether it is Chu Shuli, Yang Yu, or Li Zheng and Wei Jiao, they realized the destructive power of this rumor and hoped to refute it as soon as possible, but they ignored their actions.
It is easy to cause panic among the people in the city.
No, after waiting until around 11:00 a.m. that afternoon, even though the Imperial Guards blocked the streets and alleys and arrested many people who discussed the matter privately in public, the rumor not only was not suppressed, but intensified, especially
Later, when the Zongfu learned of this and sent Zongwei Yu Linlang to help curb the rumors, the atmosphere in Daliang City became increasingly weird.
Even many officials serving in the DPRK could not help but speculate as to how true the rumor was.
In general, the vast majority of people in Wei almost responded to this rumor with a pessimistic attitude, because it is undeniable that the rise of Wei was largely due to the emergence of Zhao Run, the current Crown Prince of the East Palace.
, the safety of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is largely related to the rise and fall of the Wei State - even some people who still dislike Zhao Run, such as Zhao Run's great-uncle Zhao Tairu, consider the interests of the country and themselves.
, in fact, he didn’t want Wei to lose such a rare future hero.
Of course, there are inevitably some people who hold an indifferent attitude, such as King Xiang Zhao Hongjing.
In fact, he doesn't care about Zhao Run's life or death - if the prince Zhao Run is alive, then he will simply be his prince in the prosperous age. Anyway, with his status, he can live his life without any worries; on the contrary, if
Prince Zhao Run really died unfortunately, so he wouldn't mind trying again to see if he could have a chance to get involved in the throne.
In addition, there are also people who hope that Prince Zhao Yun will die in Korea.
For example, the Seventh Prince Yi Wang Zhao Hongyin was under house arrest in Daliang City in disguise, and Xiao Luan, who had fled to Wei State. For them, the existence of Prince Zhao Run was simply a sign of strength. Of course, they hoped to take advantage of it this time.
Korean hands eliminated the powerful prince.
Finally, this rumor reached the inner court of Chui Gong Hall.
The person who reacted most violently to this was undoubtedly the Chief Minister of the Inner Dynasty, the Minister of Rites, Du You. This upright, stubborn and slightly pedantic Minister, after hearing this rumor, he had no time to think about it, and his face turned pale after being frightened.
, rolled his eyes, and he, who was only a few years past his forties, fainted on the spot.
Seeing this, the other ministers of the inner dynasty, such as Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi, Xu Guan, Li Liang, Jie Zigou and others were frightened. They started pinching people and slapping them on the back.
Du You, the minister, was awakened.
"I told you so! I told you so!"
After waking up, he saw Du You stamping his feet and beating his chest, and said repeatedly in a hoarse voice: "It's my fault. I shouldn't have put His Royal Highness in danger. It's all my Du You's fault. I can't do anything to the past kings.
If I can't live with my ancestors, I deserve death. I, I..."
"Hurry up and help Mr. Du." Lin Yuyang, the minister of the inner court, shouted urgently. From the side, three ministers of the inner court, Yu Ziqi, Xu Guan, and Li Liang, quickly controlled the overly excited Du You, lest this upright and somewhat pedantic man
The Minister of Rites, the Minister of Rites, committed suicide because of shame and self-blame.
At the same time, this rumor, as well as the chaos and panic it caused in the Liang Dynasty, were also reported to the Ganlu Palace by the eunuch, and then to Zhao Si, the emperor of Wei.
Compared with the others, Emperor Wei Zhao Si had no fluctuation in his heart after hearing this rumor, and he even wanted to laugh a little.
He really couldn't figure out why so many people thought something bad would happen to his son Zhao Run - had that scoundrel ever suffered any losses since he was a child?
Emperor Wei Zhao Si firmly believed that even if the Koreans saw through his son Zhao Run's intention to sneak into the hinterland of Korea and set up a trap, his son would definitely be able to resolve the crisis and find a way to counterattack Korea, leaving the Koreans to suffer the consequences.
Because that bad son is the most outstanding son of Zhao Si, who can surpass his father and become the future hero of the Wei Kingdom!
"It's just a little trick by the Koreans, so they panic and throw themselves into disarray. How stupid!"
Shaking his head, Wei Emperor Zhao Yuansi commented lightly.
After hearing this, the great eunuch Tong Xian chuckled and said: "Your Majesty is wise... The old slave also believes that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's military strategy and wisdom will definitely not be taken advantage of by the Koreans. The reason why the government and the public are panicking is that Or maybe it's because they don't know His Highness the Crown Prince as well as His Majesty... Furthermore, perhaps the subjects have already surrendered to His Highness the Crown Prince, so they would be confused if they care. From this, it can be seen that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's prestige in our great Wei Dynasty is extraordinary now, and Your Majesty should It’s a relief.”
"Hmm."
Zhao Yuansi snorted lightly, then shook his head as if he was crying, and said seriously: "Give the maids of Ningxiang Palace a gag order not to mention this matter in front of Concubine Shen Shu, so that Concubine Shen will not worry about it and affect her health."
"When the old slave learned about this, he had already sent someone to convey it." Tong Xian lowered his head and said, "It's just the court..."
"It doesn't matter." Emperor Wei nodded, then lifted up the quilt, turned over and sat up from the dragon couch, and said calmly: "The day that bad boy left Kai Daliang, I expected that something like this might happen..."
After that, he stood up, stretched out his arms, and motioned for Tong Xian to put on the royal robe for him.
"Your Majesty..." Tong Xian hesitated to speak, but in the end, he took the royal robe and put it on for Wei Emperor Zhao Yuansi.
After getting dressed, Emperor Wei Zhao Yuancai walked to the bronze mirror in the palace and looked at it. Then, he seemed to notice the worry in the eyes of the old eunuch Tong Xian, and smiled lightly: "I am not old enough yet." Even if I don’t move forward, I can still stand the last guard for my son..."
Looking at Emperor Wei's graying beard and hair, Tong Xian nodded solemnly and flattered with a somewhat complicated mood: "Your Majesty is still as majestic as before. With Your Majesty in charge, even if Xiaoyu takes the opportunity to cause trouble, I believe he will never succeed! "
"Well said!"
Emperor Wei Zhao Yuansi smiled brightly and then walked towards the gate of Ganlu Palace.
"Let's go to Chui Gong Hall... I want to scold those stupid guys. My son is on the front line killing enemies for the country. These guys are good, but they are confused by a ridiculous rumor. They are simply stupid. !”
"Yes, Your Majesty."
On that day, when the imperial court was in the most panic and almost paralyzed, Zhao Yuancai, the emperor of Wei, who had been recuperating in the Ganlu Hall for more than two years, suddenly appeared and summoned the ministers of the inner court and the six ministers of the outer court in the Chuigong Hall. The absurd rumors made the ministers, who were distraught, denounced them harshly.
Immediately afterwards, Wei Emperor Zhao Yuansi officially issued an edict to appoint his eldest grandson "Zhao Wei" as the emperor's grandson.
After hearing the news, King Xiang Zhao Hongjing curled his lips and couldn't help feeling a little unhappy.
In his view, his father's actions were, on the one hand, to appease and stabilize the ministers in the court; on the other hand, they were also equivalent to reminding or warning their sons: Even if the prince Zhao Run is not here, the throne It's not their sons' turn either.
In this case, Prince Xiang Zhao Hongjing, who originally planned to try, wisely chose to give up.
Because he knew that if he dared to jump out at this time and stir up civil strife for the sake of his position, then even if the Prince of the East Palace really went to war in South Korea, his father would not hesitate to kill him and push his grandson Zhao Wei to the throne.
The position of the prince.
After all, this father was not a soft-hearted person from the beginning.