Goguryeo used to be a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and it also used Kaiyuan Tongbao.
It's just that Guishen has never seen so much money in his life.
The boxes are arranged one after another so that the edges cannot be seen at a glance.
The ghost and god immediately ordered: "When someone comes, send a few people to guard the exit, and count the others immediately."
More than half an hour later, a soldier ran over angrily and said out of breath: "General, I can't count boxes one by one, but we found an account book that should be
Cui Mingyu recorded that there are a total of three million Kaiyuan Tongbao stored here."
What?
The ghosts and gods suddenly widened their eyes.
Goguryeo was just a small country with a small population and poverty.
The annual tax is only over 300,000 yuan.
In other words, Cui Mingyu, the prime minister, moved all ten years of Goguryeo's taxes into his own basement.
This person is simply evil.
No wonder King Rongliu wanted to kill him.
No wonder Cui Mingyu didn't hesitate when he rebelled. It turned out that he was confident.
The ghost and god immediately said seriously: "No one is allowed to reveal this matter, otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless."
"Yes, General!"
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An army of two thousand men arrived.
Two thousand people were not enough in the Tang Dynasty, but in Goguryeo, they were already a large army.
The leader was none other than Shenwu General Gao Yuanhong.
Gao Yuanhong's army, stationed near the Royal City, suddenly received news that the Cui family had conspired to rebel and colluded with Gao Ming, the leader of the Royal City Guards, to rebel. Gao Yuanhong did not dare to neglect, and immediately gathered his troops and rushed into the Royal City.
Gao Yuanhong led the reinforcements to rush to the palace to rescue King Rongliu. However, as soon as he entered the city, he saw the defeated rebel army appearing.
Without saying a word, Gao Yuanhong ordered people to attack the rebels immediately.
The rebels surrendered immediately.
Then, an army suddenly came out from the distance, led by a general he had never seen before, but he was led by the palace guards.
Gao Yuanhong was a little confused.
But he saw the man riding on a horse, shouting to him from the air: "Is this person Gao Yuanhong, General Gao?"
Gao Yuanhong nodded: "Who are you?"
The man said: "I am Shenwu General Xu Zhengdao. Princess Jianwen has an order, asking you to lead the reinforcements, take over the royal city, and send people to sweep the Cui family."
Gao Yuanhong was stunned: "Princess Jianwen? Why Princess Jianwen and not King Rongliu?"
Xu Zhengdao said: "King Rongliu is dead. He was killed by Cui Mingyu."
Snap.
The spear in Gao Yuanhong's hand fell down from his horse.
In an instant, his body hunched over, as if he had aged ten years.
He Nuonuo said to himself, with a look of disbelief on his face: "King, I have followed you for more than thirty years, fighting in the north and south, and you have always asked me to protect you wherever you go... and now you have left me!"
Xu Zhengdao dismounted, came to Gao Yuanhong, and whispered: "General Gao, if you still remember King Rongliu's friendship for you, you should cheer up now and help Princess Jianwen win the throne?"
"What?" Gao Yuanhong couldn't react.
Xu Zhengdao explained in a low voice: "King Rongliu has no heirs, and the princess has only one daughter. Now that King Rongliu is dead, how many people in the clan will covet the throne? I don't need to say more? If the princess cannot ascend the throne tonight, then
Tomorrow, I'm afraid there will be changes in the royal city. I have already received news that several princes are already gathering people."
Gao Yuanhong's face suddenly darkened.
He had followed King Rongliu for decades and knew very well that none of King Rongliu's brothers was a good person.
Gao Yuanhong cupped his hands towards Xu Zhengdao and asked, "General Xu, in your opinion, how should we deal with it?"
Xu Zhengdao said calmly: "Now, you immediately seal off the royal city and no one is allowed in or out. Then you follow me into the palace and summon hundreds of officials into the palace in the name of Princess Jianwen. If anyone doesn't go, it will be found that he has committed treason."
, kill them immediately to avoid future troubles, and if anyone objects, kill them immediately to avoid changes."
When Gao Yuanhong thought of King Rongliu, he nodded without hesitation.
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royal palace.
Gao Yuanhong met Princess Jianwen.
He was both sad and happy.
The sad thing is that King Rongliu died, and his body was in the palace, and he had just seen it.
Fortunately, Princess Jianwen, King Rongliu's only flesh and blood, is still alive.
However, he would never know that the person standing in front of him was not the daughter of King Rongliu, but Du Jinwei from the Tang Dynasty.
Du Jinwei is similar in age to Princess Jianwen and has a similar figure. In addition, Gao Yuanhong has only met Princess Jianwen a few times, so he can't find any flaws at all.
Now the only ones who know the secret are Du Jinwei herself, Xu Zhengdao, ghosts and gods.
The servants around Princess Jianwen were all secretly dealt with by Xu Zhengdao.
Du Jinwei stepped forward and said with sadness on her face: "General Gao, you are my father's right-hand man. It was you who my father trusted the most during his lifetime, so I gave you the command of all the Goguryeo armies. Now, my father is dead.
, I don’t want the country he has worked so hard to build fall into the hands of others, will you support me?”
Gao Yuanhong immediately knelt down on one knee and said: "Princess, I am willing to listen to the princess and ask her to ascend the throne."
Du Jinwei hurriedly walked up, helped Gao Yuanhong up personally, and said: "General Gao, you are my father's brother and my elder. You must not be like this."
Gao Yuanhong shook his head: "Princess, you are the king now, and you must have the proper etiquette. I have already sent people to summon all the officials. Who is in favor and who is against will be clear by then."
Xu Zhengdao came over and said: "Princess, I have asked the Heavenly Supervisor in the palace to calculate. Tonight is the best time to ascend the throne and be titled, Queen Jianwen."
Du Jinwei thought for a while and asked, "What does General Gao think?"
Gao Yuanhong said he had no objection.
So, Du Jinwei nodded and said seriously: "Come here, prepare for the etiquette of ascending to the throne. At the same time, General Gao has made great contributions to quelling the chaos, and he has been named the Great General of the State, with an official rank of first rank. General Xu Zhengdao, the Shenwu General, has made great contributions to quelling the chaos, and he has been named the Assistant."
General of the country, up to the second rank. Nowadays, the royal city is in chaos, and all the remnants of the Cui family have not yet been cleared away. All matters, big and small, are handled by the two generals themselves. The words of the two generals are as if the Queen is here in person. "
Xu Zhengdao looked at Du Jinwei with some admiration.
Who would have thought that this half-grown child would act so resolutely and become the queen of Goguryeo.
Gao Yuanhong was so grateful that he almost knelt down again.
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Fourth watch.
All the officials of Goguryeo, except for a very few, have arrived at the palace.
Everyone gathered in the main hall.
When they learned that King Rongliu had been killed by Prime Minister Cui Mingyu, many people cried.
When General Zhenguo announced that Princess Jianwen would succeed the throne and be Queen Jianwen, many people were stunned.
Queen?
This has never happened before in the history of Goguryeo.
Immediately, many people jumped out to object.
On the side, General Xu Zhengdao sneered and waved his hand.
The guards rushed in and captured all these people.
Xu Zhengdao said softly: "These people are all Cui's accomplices. Drag them out and kill them all."
For a moment, there were crowds of people at the entrance of the palace.