The smile on Zhu Si's face disappeared. He took a sip of tea and said calmly: "The generals all advised me to proclaim myself emperor. They wanted to be the founding hero, but I told them that this world still belongs to the Tang Dynasty. I, Zhu Si, can
You are a very human minister, but you just can't take that step, can your highness understand?"
Li just nodded, "This is the wise decision of the captain."
Zhu Si said again: "Although I have decided to continue to be a minister of the Tang Dynasty, I cannot accept that the late emperor continues to be emperor. First of all, he will definitely kill my entire Zhu family, but I have no intention of regicide, and I do not want to suffer the consequences."
Killing, so the best way is not to meet each other..."
Li Ji almost said, 'The best way for us to meet each other is to leave Chang'an and go to Longyou to seize the throne and become king', but he still held back.
"I thought over and over again and decided to establish a new monarch and re-establish the orthodoxy of the Tang Dynasty. The first thing I thought of was His Highness."
Li Ji's heart was beating fast, and his eyes became eager involuntarily.
Zhu Si saw this and sneered secretly in his heart. He said calmly: "Yesterday I gave the civil and military officials a choice. I welcome those who are willing to stay in Chang'an. I will not welcome those who do not want to stay and decide to leave Chang'an.
Block, but there is only one choice. You cannot say that you are determined to stay today and then regret it a few days later. That is not okay. We are all adults and can think carefully, but we cannot act haphazardly. This choice is also useful to His Highness. Your Highness can choose, if you are willing.
As the new king, if we cooperate and don’t want to ascend the throne, how about I find another clan, send His Highness’s gift out of the capital, and give His Highness three days to think about it?”
Li Ji was silent for a long time and asked: "Just now the captain mentioned cooperation, I wonder what kind of cooperation method it is?"
Zhu Si took out a booklet, put it on Table Mountain and pushed it to Li Ji, "There are eighty-one items in this book, which are things you can't do. Other than that, you can do everything. To put it simply! Except for the emperor's
Except for your power, you enjoy everything that other emperors have, including the palace, concubines, guards, eunuchs, and priests. If you want to go hunting, you will also be protected by the army. Then I will make your grandson His Royal Highness. This cooperation condition has been
Not bad.”
"What if I don't agree?"
"If Your Highness does not agree, I will send gifts to your family to Hanzhong, but everything you have in Chang'an, including your palace, wealth, and land, will be confiscated. Not only Your Highness, but everyone as well."
Li just lowered his head and thought for a moment, then asked frankly: "Will you kill me one day in the future?"
Zhu Si laughed and said, "Although I am ruthless, I will not kill innocent people indiscriminately. Let's put it this way! As long as we cooperate well, I will bury you with imperial rites a hundred years later. Even if one day I don't need you anymore, I will
For the sake of happy cooperation, I will give you and your descendants a fortune. Of course, there is no power, but then again..."
Zhu Si tapped the booklet on the table with his thick fingers. The smile on his face quickly disappeared. He stared at Li Jian coldly and said: "There are eighty-one bottom lines here. If you violate one of them, then you don't want to
Blame me for being cruel and ruthless. For the sake of everyone's peace, I will say ugly things first."
Li Zhan let out a long sigh, "Okay! Let's go back and think about it carefully and give you an answer within three days!"
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In less than three days, that night, Li Jin gave Zhu Si a formal reply, saying that he was willing to accept these 81 points and ascend the throne as emperor.
Zhu Si was overjoyed and immediately summoned all the officials to formally announce that he would support King Peng and Li Wei as the new emperor. At this time, the civil and military officials and dignitaries in Chang'an had begun to leave one after another, but there were still many people who had not left. They wanted to wait and see the situation.
, when Zhu Si announced that he would support King Peng as the new emperor, it immediately caused an uproar among the civil and military officials. All civil and military officials moved their families south one after another, and six or seven out of ten people escaped.
Zhu Si did not stop him at all, but he summoned hundreds of middle- and low-level officials, promised to compensate them for their salaries, promised to upgrade their official positions, and appointed them to the vacant high-ranking official positions. He also promised to arrange official residences for everyone. This move was indeed
It was vicious and received an enthusiastic response from hundreds of lower-level officials.
On the first day of August, the new emperor Li Jin worshiped Heaven and Earth and the ancestral temple in Daming Palace, and officially ascended the throne. He was called Emperor Tianbao Shengwen, or Emperor Wen for short, and his reign name was changed to Yongning. Li Jin immediately named Zhu Si the King of Qin and gave Xingqing Palace the title of Qin Emperor.
At the same time, he appointed Zhu Si as Shangshu Ling and Supervisor of the country, appointed Yuan Xiu as the right minister of Zhongshu Ling, appointed Yao Lingyan as his subordinate servant, and named Zhang Guangsheng as the general of Tiance.
Zhu Si compiled a list of official positions, and Emperor Li Ji approved all of them. The original sixth- and seventh-rank officials were promoted in succession, so that many ministers were young people in their thirties, and were jokingly called boy ministers and young ministers by the people of Chang'an.
After Zhu Si stabilized the situation in Chang'an, he immediately began to clean up the land and houses, and rewarded millions of acres of land in dozens of imperial villages in Guanlong to the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who followed him. The mansions in Chang'an were also confiscated and divided as
The official residences were allocated to middle and low-level officials, and for a time there was thunderous joy inside and outside Chang'an.
At this time, the three armies of King Qin arrived in Guanzhong first. Longyou Jiedushi Li Sheng led 20,000 Shence troops to capture Pujin Pass and entered Guanzhong from the east. Li Huaiguang, who was left behind in Taiyuan, led 10,000 troops to Yanxiao.
The road entered Tongzhou, and Cui Kuan, the military commander of Shuofang, led 10,000 Shuofang troops from the Jingyuan Road into Guanzhong.
On the one hand, Zhu Si sent envoys to appease them, and on the other hand, he mobilized his troops and generals to prepare to fight against the three armies of King Qin.
Just when the world's attention was focused on Guanzhong, a shocking news came from Taiyuan. Prince Li Song ascended the throne in Taiyuan, honored his father Li Shi, who fled to Bashu, as the Supreme Emperor, and called on all civil and military officials to go to Taiyuan to support the new crown prince.
emperor.
The world of Tang Dynasty became chaotic.
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Just as the three armies of King Qin took the lead in entering Guanzhong, the fourth army of King Qin, Hexi Jiedu envoy Guo Song led 5,000 cavalry, arrived at Dazhen Pass.
Basically all the 35,000 troops of Fengxiang Prefecture were transferred to Chang'an, leaving only 5,000 troops to guard the passes. Among them, the most important Dazhen Pass was guarded by 3,000 troops. Dazhen Pass, also called Long Pass, is located at the foot of Longshan Mountain.
It is the only way for Longyou to enter Guanzhong. The pass guards the dangerous point and is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
It was almost impossible for Guo Song's thousands of cavalry to break through the Great Shock Pass, but there was always God's will. After he wiped out Hao Tong's 10,000 troops, he unexpectedly got a pass to enter the pass.
At night, the Dazhen Pass was filled with torches, illuminating the pass like daylight. The defenders were also very vigilant. More than a thousand soldiers guarded the pass at night. The generals guarding the pass received orders from Zhu Si to strictly guard the Dazhen Pass and send King Qin's troops to the pass.
Excluded, only troops with pass cards are allowed to enter Guanzhong.
The commander of Dazhen Pass is a Zhonglang general named Lang Can, who is more than thirty years old. He was Zhu Si's personal soldier at first. He followed Zhu Si from Youzhou to Chang'an and was promoted to Zhonglang in just a few years.
The general can be said to be Zhu Si's confidant.
After receiving Zhu Si's order, he did not dare to neglect it. He was on duty personally at night. At the same time, he ordered that any group of more than ten people passing the border, regardless of businessmen or common people, must be approved by him.
Guo Song thought carefully. All the returning prisoners of war were temporarily unable to go east to prevent the news from leaking. They themselves were well prepared. Not only did they have a gold medal for passing the customs, they also specially selected a soldier who looked quite like Hao Tong and put a sticker on it.
With the fake beard, he imitated Hao Tong's expression and said a few words, and he became lifelike.
More importantly, this soldier was riding Hao Tong's black horse, holding his signature big iron gun, and wearing Hao Tong's armor. I'm afraid even Hao Tong's personal soldiers might not be able to tell the authenticity at a glance.
Guo Song pretended to be Hao Tong's personal soldier, followed Hao Tong and walked in front of the team. Thousands of cavalry arrived at Dazhen Pass at night.
The arrival of thousands of cavalry immediately alerted General Lang Can. He hurried up to the top of the city and looked down the city. They were all cavalry. Judging from the armor, they should be Longyou cavalry.
"Excuse me, which team is below?" Lang Can asked loudly.
A Yamen general came forward and said: "We are the Lintao Army of Longyou. We are coming to Beijing on the order of Captain Zhu. Please open the door quickly!"
It turned out to be Hao Tong's Lintao Army. Lang Can asked again: "Is General Hao here?"
Hao Tong slowly stepped forward, held his gun across his horse, and said coldly: "This commander is here!"
Lang Can knew Hao Tong, and he had always been afraid of the big iron gun. He recognized Hao Tong, clasped his fists and said with a smile: "It's not that we won't open the door for General Hao. The Taiwei has an order, and you must use the pass card to pass. Please
General Hao presented the sign and immediately opened the door after checking it was correct."
Hao Tong took out the gold medal from his arms and handed it to General Yamen. At this time, a basket with a long rope was lowered on the top of the city. General Yamen put the gold medal in the basket and lifted the basket up.
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[Historically, after Zhu Si occupied Chang'an, he ascended the throne and became the emperor. However, this book describes him holding the emperor hostage to order the princes. The result was completely different. So from here on, the book and history are completely different.