On the sultry long street, the night was dark. Yin Peng rode his horse beside the car where Wang Wenqian was sitting, and couldn't help but complain:
"Your Excellency was in the main hall just now, why were you talking so much? If Tangyi knew about this, wouldn't it make it difficult for the young lady to be a good person?"
"It is inevitable to reduce the vassalage in Huaidong. Ruan Yan has realized this. His Highness is just unwilling to do so. And if I don't say anything today, I will let that old thief Ruan Yan run around and draw all the resentment from Your Highness."
It would be even worse for me." Wang Wenqian said with a faint smile.
Yin Peng thought about it. Even if Tang Yi had to consider it, they had to protect themselves first. He thought that Han Qian and the lady should be able to understand their situation, and thought carefully about the many things that Zhang Xian said after he came over.
Changing the details, he said: "The response speed of Tangyi is really fast. Even if we say some inappropriate words, at least the impact on Tangyi will not be particularly large in a short period of time. If there are hidden dangers, that will be a matter in the future. Now we can only
I can take one step at a time and see one step at a time..."
"Do you still think that Lu Qingxia launched the palace coup first, and Tangyi's manpower lurking in Jinling over the years responded later?" Wang Wenqian asked with a smile.
"Isn't that what happened?" Yin Peng asked in shock, "Do you think the lady and Han Qian had a premeditated plan?"
"Lü Qingxia initiated a palace coup, and the imperial city was in chaos. The guards of the nine gates were on guard against each other. How many people did Tangyi have to lurk in the capital over the years, and who had to be in charge, to seize the initiative from Lu Qingxia and Wang Chan'er.
Past?" Wang Wenqian shook his head and said, "When Han Qian asked to be crown prince, he was waiting for this palace change. The initiative has always been under Han Qian's control!"
"..." Yin Peng asked in disbelief: "How is it possible? The son of Mrs. Han Qian Li Ting is the prince of Hou. This has nothing to do with Lu Qingxia directly. Lu Qingxia initiated the palace coup, which should have exceeded everyone's expectations.
yes……"
"Everyone was surprised because they couldn't figure out why Lu Qingxia would take action at this time, but think about what would happen if Lu Qingxia successfully launched the palace transformation? Let's not talk about other things for now, Han Qian sent troops to Hehuai
Is the matter completely gone?" Wang Wenqian asked.
Yin Peng grabbed the reins and fell into deep thought without hesitation.
Wang Wenqian said: "Think about it, who is most afraid of the elite Tangyi army heading north at this time?"
"Logically speaking, Xu Mingzhen is most afraid of Tangyi's army going north. After all, the first thing Tangyi's army wants to do when going north is to attack Xu Mingzhen. And if Han Qian doesn't attack Xu Mingzhen, Hehuai will always be stagnant," Yin Peng said,
"But Xu Mingzhen shouldn't be able to influence Lu Qingxia?"
Wang Wenqian said: "Apart from Xu Mingzhen, the people who are really afraid of Tangyi's full-scale intervention in the Hehuai War at this time are actually the Mongols. After all, if Tangyi's army goes north at this time, it is still possible to destroy them and completely eliminate Zhu Yu, Emperor Liang.
The plan made Liang Jun feel relieved. Although there are still many things that we don't know clearly, but judging from the current situation, only the Shenling Division who surrendered to Mengwu and the nobles who fled north have the ability and means to order Lu
Qing Xia was so hasty and launched an abnormal palace coup. Before Zhou Yuan and Yao Xishui came to Chuzhou, secretly and overtly, didn't they just want to encourage Huaidong to join them in holding back Tang Yi? Han Qian was indeed in a hurry to send troops before.
However, Hehuai cannot ignore the worries behind him. At this moment, think about it, is the situation completely conducive for Han Qian to send troops to Hehuai? And if Lu Qingxia and the others were allowed to flee westward by water, Han Qian would also
They probably didn't want to see Li Zhigao, Chai Jian and the others had no choice but to jump over the wall to join the Mongols. Otherwise, could it be that Han Qian only thought of intercepting Lu Qingxia from the downstream, but not from the upstream?
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"..." Yin Peng was stunned for a long time and was speechless.
Wang Wenqian said: "The suggestions I just made may lead to reconciliation between Huaidong and the imperial court in the future, forming a situation where they jointly suppress Tangyi. But at least for now, it will allow Han Qian to send troops to Hehuai without any worries. As for the appointment of the emperor's younger brother, in fact , the new emperor is only six years old, and it is impossible for him to get married and have children within ten years. The third prince, Yang Ye, will naturally be the first heir to the throne within ten years. The Queen Mother feels even more isolated and helpless..."
"Your Excellency, you are saying that the Queen Mother is isolated and helpless and can only find a balance between the aristocratic clans who have reconciled with Huaidong and the Tangyi vassal town?" Yin Peng came to his senses and said, "The words your Excellency just said are actually Han's words. Qian, Miss, are they advantageous?"
"Whether I say it or not, it may not make any difference to Tangyi. Shen Yang, Your Highness and the others will come back to their senses in the future, but Han Qian and Xi'er will not think that I can't see through them at this time. "Layout," Wang Wenqian said with a slight smile, "Of course, it will be of some benefit to the Wang family if His Highness really follows the good deeds. If this matter is settled, I will resign from my official position and find a green mountain and green water to run an academy for the rest of my life. You Where do you plan to go?”
"..." Yin Peng patted his head and said, "I was just thinking that the young lady would complain to you after knowing what happened today. I haven't thought about this! If you want to set up an academy when you go to office, Yin Peng will naturally have to do everything beforehand. Running errands for the adults."
The Wang family moved to Yangzhou during the late Jinling Rebellion. As long as the Huaidong vassal state was not abolished, they would become Huaidong's subjects.
When Huaidong was cut off from vassals, the governance power of the states and counties in Huaidong returned to the court, and all state and county officials had to accept appointments from Jinling. Wang Yuan and other Wang family members were mainly civil servants in Huaidong, and none of them served in the military. , even if he does not resign in the future, he will only serve the court, not King Xin.
This means that the Wang family has actually escaped from Huaidong.
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Yang Yuanpu's coffin was parked in the main hall of Chongwen Hall, with candles burning all around.
Feng Yi came closer and looked at Yang Yuanpu's body in the half-covered coffin. It looked like it was dehydrated, and its blue-grey face was deeply sunken. It was impossible to imagine what he was thinking at that moment.
In addition to the palace eunuchs, female officials, Zongzheng Temple, and officials from the Ministry of Rites guarding the coffin, there are also twenty or thirty people from the clan keeping vigil in the main hall.
During the Jinling Rebellion, most of the clan members were forced to cross the river. Even Yang En escaped while crossing the river, but more of them were sent to live in Bianjing as hostages after Xu Mingzhen surrendered to Liang. Among them were even Du Chongtao's wife Yang Wenli, the princess of Deqing County, his youngest son Du Lu and his two daughters.
After Du Chongtao was transferred to Jinling, he has not been reused. This is also a reason.
After the Liang-Chu peace talks, except for Empress Xu, Duke Yang Fen of Chu, and the clan children who had directly participated in the rebellion, the other abducted clan children included Princess Deqing and Du Chongtao's three children. , were all sent back to Jinling.
However, except for a few people, most of the clan members returned to Jinling and were disgusted by Emperor Yanyou, and no longer had their original prominent status and courtesy.
In addition to the need for clan members to guard the funeral during great funerals, since the ministers decided to change the Ministry of Internal Affairs into the Internal Affairs Bureau and wanted to use clan ministers to control the affairs of the inner court, Yang En also had to select a few highly respected assistants from the clan.
The princess of Deqing County is included in this list.
Seriously speaking, Du Chongtao is the biggest winner of this palace upheaval. Not only did Du Shoutao serve as the commander-in-chief of the bodyguards, but he also led the generals to guard Chongwen Palace. The general of the Chongyang Gate bodyguards was Du Tao, the eldest son of Du Chongtao who had just been promoted.
Zhou Bingwu’s son Zhou Nan and his two sons.
Princess Deqing even led a group of eunuchs and maids in the palace who were confirmed to be reliable after preliminary screening to arrange the funeral arrangements.
In Changxin Palace and Mingcheng Palace, the Empress Dowager, along with the new emperor and the third prince, were supposed to keep vigil in the main hall, but after two days and one night of fright, they were all haggard and exhausted, so the ministers persuaded them to return to the palace to rest for the time being.
At this time, both Changxin Palace and Mingcheng Palace had two ministers participating in the political affairs, an elder of the clan, and several wives at their disposal at any time.
Han Daoming, Zhang Chao guard Changxin Palace, Zheng Yu, and Zhou Bingwu guard Mingcheng Palace. The four ministers are all in their sixties, plus a group of married women and clan wives accompanying them. There is nothing to avoid, but Feng Yi obviously has no chance at this time.
When I went to see the empress dowagers of the two palaces, I could only go to the main hall to pay homage to Yang Yuanpu's remains, accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Rites.
At this moment, Feng Yi was filled with emotions. He recalled every detail of his stay in the Linjiang Marquis Mansion. He was heartless and thought that twelve or three years would suddenly pass by in the blink of an eye. He wanted to sing something, but found it boring.
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Feng Yi walked out of the hall and saw Qin Wen hurriedly coming from the Chongyang Gate. He stopped him, walked over and asked:
"Master Qin came here in a hurry, what's new?"
"Isn't Prime Minister Shen here in the main hall?" Qin Wen walked to the corridor, looked in, and asked himself, "If Prime Minister Shen is not here, then he should be in Changxin Palace at this time..."
When Qin Wen turned around to leave, he lowered his voice and said quickly to Feng Yi: "When His Majesty was assassinated, besides Chen Ruyi, there were four middle- and senior-level eunuchs and two female officials with him. They were detained for interrogation at one time, and Lu Qingxia escaped from the front camp.
They went to silence them, but they acted too hastily and killed five of them. However, one palace eunuch was seriously injured and survived. He was sent to the Imperial Medical Bureau for rescue. Yang Houye was temporarily transferred from Yushitai
More than ten torture officials should have asked him about something at this time. At this time, they sent people to find Prime Minister Shen to discuss the matter. They should have something to tell them..."
"I saw Prime Minister Shen in the Political Hall just now. Maybe he really went to Changxin Palace to see the Queen Mother now," Feng Yi said with a shrug.
Now that the overall situation has been decided, even if Lu Qingxia makes all the secrets public, no one will stir up trouble at this time. Tang Yi is not worried about what shocking secrets this severely wounded eunuch who is still alive can reveal.
Besides, there are some things that Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang, and Yang En will come to think about in the future, but that's it.
Yang Yuanpu was indeed killed by Lu Qingxia, and it was indeed Lu Qingxia who instigated the rebellion. Is it possible that Tang Yi could still be blamed?
Of course, Qin Wen rushed over to tell him, hoping to get on the same page with him and Han Daoming and be mentally prepared.
Qin Wen ran to Changxin Palace, found Shen Yang, and rushed to the Imperial Medical Bureau together. He saw that in addition to Yang En, Zhongcheng Zheng Chang, Yang Zhitang, was also here. Yang En also insisted on not privately serving the palace and was opposed to the palace coup.
After a thorough investigation, it was advocated that Yushitai should be involved in the whole process, which is why Zheng Chang appeared here.
After asking the imperial doctor who started the rescue and the criminal who was responsible for the interrogation, Shen Yang found out that Chongwen Palace, the palace eunuch who was lucky enough to survive and not be silenced, had been rescued for a long time and his life was saved, but he could only ask intermittently about a stick of incense.
As for time, he would eventually be unable to hold on and die.
"Did you ask anything?" Shen Yang asked with a frown.
"Chen Ruyi is indeed one of Lu Qingxia's people, and nearly half of the palace servants and female officials on duty in Chongwen Palace are Chen Ruyi. His Majesty, who was inserted in with Lu Qingxia's instruction, was actually stabbed to death by Chen Ruyi directly from behind with a blade. , and after His Majesty's death, Chen Ruyi and the others brought an assassin into the hall, pretending to be killed by a joint counterattack. The Queen Mother was deceived, but she did not directly order the assassination of His Majesty, but had to accept Lu's death after His Majesty's death. The kidnapping of Qingxia..." Although Zheng Chang had the transcript of the interrogation in his hand, the transcript was complicated, so he picked out the important ones and recounted them to Shen Yang.
"..." Shen Yang was stunned for a while. He didn't know how His Majesty felt when he finally saw his most trusted favorite in life stabbing him with a knife. Or maybe His Majesty didn't even see who was stabbing him with a knife from behind. Have you breathed your last?
"Is there anything else?" Shen Yang took the interrogation record from Zheng Chang's hand and looked through it casually and asked.
Zheng Chang said: "If there is anything else, please ask Prime Minister Shen to read the record..."
There were no outsiders present, and Zheng Chang was still talking so eloquently. Qin Wen guessed that the secret revealed by the eunuch before his death was about Han Jun's affair with the Queen Mother Wang Chan'er and the birth of a son.
Except for Lu Qingxia, Yao Xishui, Chun Shisanniang and others, it is impossible to hide this matter from the eunuchs and female officials serving around the Queen Mother Wang Chaner.
There should be very few people who know the secret of Li Zhigao's life experience. However, at this time, Lu Qingxia was fleeing along the Yangtze River to Xiangbei, so this secret seemed not important.
Shen Yang looked through the interrogation record, frowned for a long time, then took a long breath, put the interrogation record on a candle, lit it, threw it into the copper basin, and said: "According to the standards agreed by the public in the political hall, copy it again Please send this true record to all the public for inspection and reading..."
Neither Yang Zhitang nor Yang En expressed any objection. Zheng Chang said to the jailer who handled the case: "Lu Qingxia colluded with the Hu people to assassinate His Majesty, kidnapped the Queen Mother and fled to Xiangbei. Please copy this record again..."
After the two executioners walked away, Yang Zhitang couldn't help but said: "In addition to secretly sending messages to Zhang Ping and Jiang Huo, there are several suspicious fire signs in the palace. It seems that they were not secretly sent by the Huang family. Shen Fang really doesn’t want to investigate thoroughly?”
Shen Yang remained silent. Yang Zhitang looked at Yang En and asked, "Uncle Hou, what do you think?"
"After all, Da Chu was lucky enough to avoid a bloody chaos, and hundreds of thousands of people did not die in the war. Isn't it enough?" Yang En asked rhetorically.
Yang Zhitang was stunned by Yang En's words.
Shen Yang took a long breath and said as if he had finally made up his mind: "I won't investigate anymore. The Queen Mother is a sensible person. Even if there is a possibility of deception, she will not fail to rely on us and other veterans who are loyal to the country of Chu. We will discuss other matters after Zhang Xian returns from Chuzhou..."
"Your Excellency, you are saying that Yun Puzi might be from Tangyi, and Yun Puzi deliberately brought Princess Qingyang to Shangshu Province during the palace coup?" Qin Wen also knew about Zhang Ping at this time, and Jiang Huo insisted on going. After all, It made Shen Yang and the others very suspicious. At this time, in order to lurk deeper, they could only hand over Yun Puzi first. Anyway, Yun Puzi's status was relatively independent. Even if he came together with the Han family at this time, There won't be any hindrance.
Shen Yang nodded, indicating that he did have such suspicions.
Qin Wen shut up and said nothing more.
Shen Yang asked Qin Wen to stay at the Imperial Medical Bureau and wait for the new version of the records to be copied and made sure that there were no omissions. He then circulated it to the ministers involved in the political affairs and the two empress dowagers. This involved the subsequent revolt and support of the righteous name. Shen Yang did not dare to be careless, so he called Qin Ask to stay here and stare.
Yang En, Yang Zhitang, and Zheng Chang also had too many things to do and left the Imperial Medical Bureau one after another. Qin Wen walked to the mortuary to take a look at the palace eunuch who died of severe injuries, and then walked to the outer room to watch the two criminal officials at the imperial censor's desk.
Re-copy the transcript, no one else is around.
After the interrogation transcript was copied and the two executioners signed the seal, Qin Wen picked it up and was about to leave. One of the executioners said: "In addition to the contents transcribed in the transcript, this direct descendant of Chen Ruyi also confessed to the Queen Mother and others before his death.
The eldest son of the Han Dynasty had an affair and had a son, as well as the incident in which he followed Chen Ruyi to kill Shang Wensheng in Shangjia Fort and blamed Han Donghu and Su Lie..."
Qin Wen was slightly startled and looked at the two executioners intently. He saw that they were about forty years old and their hair on the temples was slightly frosty white.
"Both the junior officials Zhou Chang and Zhang De served as clerks in Jinyun Tower. They were not selected by Chen Ruyi to join Jinyun Division. They have been serving as officials in Yushitai for these years. If there is any urgent matter that Mr. Feng has ordered, please inform him
Mr. Qin," the executioner said.
Qin Wen patted his forehead and smiled, picked up the record and walked out...
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Dahong Mountain, located on the south side of Tongbai Mountain, is the remnant of Huaiyang Mountain, also known as Green Forest Mountain. Liu Xiu of the Eastern Han Dynasty was born here. The mountain echoes the north and south of Tongbai Mountain, stretching for hundreds of miles, spanning Yingzhou and Suizhou.
The territory is a barrier that protects Xiangbei from the southeast.
Yingzhou governs the city of Changshou, and Suizhou governs the city of Suiyang. They are located at the western foothills and the northeastern foothills of Dahong Mountain respectively. They are the only way to advance from the east of the Han River and the north of the Yangtze River to Xiangbei. In terms of importance, Control and Control
Yingzhou on the east bank of the Han River has a more outstanding longevity in governing the city than Suiyang.
The city of Yingzhou was in disrepair in Changchun for a long time. In the 13th year of Yanyou's reign, the four gate towers were destroyed by war and collapsed. After the Jingxiang War, the prefectural government government spent money and food to repair the city walls and towers. It was almost delayed until the 4th year of Yanyou's reign.
The newly renovated city stands between Dahong Mountain and the Han River. Together with Jingmen on the west bank of the Han River, it is the gateway from south to north along the Han River and its two wings into the Xiangying Valley and Nanyang Basin.
When Li Zhigao received a letter from someone and learned that his adoptive father Li Pu had forced Lu Qingxia to launch a palace coup with the secret of his life experience, it was already the day of the palace coup. He was so anxious that it was useless to jump around.
Since he could not silence his adoptive father Li Pu and could not prevent Lu Qingxia from launching a palace coup, Li Zhigao had no choice but to make emergency arrangements in Xiangbei according to the worst plan.
In addition to transferring Li Qi to guard Wuguan and summoning Chai Jian to his side in the name of discussing matters, Li Zhigao also immediately urgently replaced the guarding generals of Jingmen, Changchun, Suiyang and other cities with their direct relatives, and completely blockaded Dahongshan.
Wu Jing and other passes and the passage through Jingmen.
In this case, even if the palace coup fails, he may still be able to temporarily control the news from spreading to the Yingsui states, or gain precious little time to respond.
In such a short period of time, it was difficult to comprehensively adjust the military deployment of the Xiangbei Army, which was heavier than the northwest and lighter than the southeast. Li Zhigao could only assemble a small number of direct cavalry, horse infantry and a small amount of naval forces to Ying as quickly as possible.
The state governs the city and has longevity.
No matter whether the palace change fails or the palace change reaches a stalemate, he will not be completely helpless like a trapped animal in a cage.
Under the scorching sun in the afternoon of July 28th, which was no longer so blazing, a dozen official ships with green eyes on the turbid Han River slowly appeared in the sight of the defenders at the head of Yingzhou City. There were dozens of ships behind them.
The pursuing warships may have noticed that there were hundreds of naval warships guarding the upper reaches of the Han River. At this time, they gave up the pursuit and turned around and retreated to the lower reaches of the Han River.
At this moment, no one cheered at the top of Yingzhou City. They just watched quietly and depressedly as dozens of official ships, led by sentry boats, docked at the dock outside Yingzhou City.
At this time, it was already the ninth day since the Palace Incident, and the revolt issued by Jinling had been introduced to Huangzhou and Ezhou five days ago; these two states also immediately sent orders to the counties to cut off the communication with the Xiangbei states.
Contact, gather rural soldiers to strengthen the defense of Zhucheng Walled City, and block water and land transportation with Yingsui.
At present, Li Zhigao can only temporarily prevent the news from spreading further to the area north of Yingzhou, but he cannot control the news from spreading into Yingzhou, Suiyang, Jingmen and other cities adjacent to Huangzhou, Ezhou and Jingzhou.
Fortunately, Li Zhigao replaced the guarding generals of Yingzhou, Suiyang, and Jingmen in time with his direct relatives, and also transferred some generals whose families were from Dengjun and Dengjun to garrison, so that the situation in these three cities would not suddenly change.
They fell into panic, and the situation was still barely under their control.
However, no one would feel at this moment that the situation was favorable to Xiangbei, and no one would feel that the imperial court mobilized Zhang Wei's Youwu Guards to join forces with the more powerful Tangyi Army from Hunan, Jiangxi, Huang'e and other prefectures.
Come here, they are really capable of defending Xiangying, Deng Jun, Liang and other states... u
