Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 253 The Value of Information

When Shi Congyun followed these prime ministers and queens out of the Long Live Hall to the south, and met the officials in the front hall of the Chuigong Hall, it looked another way.

Shi Congyun ranked first among military generals, and Li Gu led the civil servants. He respectfully paid homage to Empress Fu. Afterwards, it was officially announced that the Empress would be regent, with Shi Congyun, Li Gu, Wang Pu, Wang Pu, Fan Zhi, and Wei Renpu as leaders Assistant Minister.

Empress Fu was still dignified and beautiful, sitting high on the table, announcing that from tomorrow onwards, the big and small courts will remain the same, and all civil and military officials will perform their duties.

This move was far beyond everyone's expectations, and many people were relieved.

But in fact, only the people at the top know about the far-reaching changes at the top. This is politics, and it is also an eternal truth. The more confidential things are, the fewer people know about them.

That afternoon, Han Lingkun was hastily called into the palace, and then Si Chao replaced Han Lingkun and took over the camp outside the city.

Subsequently, Shi Congyun's personal guards took over the defense of Zuoyemen, Youyemen, Xuandemen, Donghuamen, Xihuamen and other gates of the imperial city.

After that, he controlled the defense of eleven gates in the inner city and more than a dozen gates in the outer city. Within a day, he completely controlled Daliang City.

For ordinary people, they don't really know what's going on.

Daliang City is very large, consisting of four layers of matryoshka dolls: the settlement outside the city, the outer city, the inner city, and the imperial city.

The settlements outside the city are mostly the bottom of the society, or foreigners who have avoided the disaster of war, mixed with good and evil; the inner city is mostly local people with considerable wealth, and many low-level civil and military officials of the court.

The inner city is home to dignitaries, Shi Congyun's mansion, Li Gu's mansion, Wei Wang's mansion, etc. are all in the inner city, and then there are Kaifeng mansion yamen, guards department, Dianqian department and other yamen, Daxiangguo Temple.

Inside is the imperial city. The imperial city has two parts, the front and the back. The first half can be understood as the office area, the office area of ​​various departments, the vertical arch hall where court meetings are held, and where affairs are discussed. Civil and military officials have to work in these places.

The second half is the real palace garden, which can be regarded as a royal private place, such as the Long Live Hall, Kunning Palace, etc., where the royal staff live and live, and foreign ministers are not allowed to enter.

Shi Congyun's army entered the inner city directly from the North Fengqiu Gate, then entered the imperial city from the Donghua Gate, turned northward to the Chuigong Palace, and directly blocked the royal palace garden, which can be said to be a sword to seal the throat.

Not to mention that the people in the outer city didn't know what happened, they only heard some rumors that someone saw the army entering the city, even the dignitaries in the inner city didn't know the situation immediately.

Because the army entered from Donghua Gate, Xuande Gate, Zuoye Gate, and Right Ye Gate were only blocked by Wang Shenqi's army.

Until that night, the queen issued a decree stating that the government was seriously ill and unable to govern, and the queen was temporarily regent. They all inspected Shi Congyun, Zuo servant shot Li Gu, Zhongshu servant Wang Pu, door servant Fan Zhi, and privy envoy Wei Renpu as assistants. Minister.

The next day, everything seemed to calm down again. The atmosphere of panic in the court because of the official's serious illness was swept away, and the big and small things that had been delayed due to the official's serious illness and unable to manage the council began to operate again.

Shi Congyun directly ordered to set up a temporary "inner court" in the side hall of the Chuigong Hall. All the auxiliary ministers temporarily concentrated here to deal with big and small matters. Shi Congyun also came to work every day, waiting for the prime ministers to give a solution. After Congyun passed, the empress temporarily took over the work of the official family, affixed the seal, and handed it over to Shangshu Province for execution.

Although it seems that the queen is the one who decides, in fact, the queen is used as a seal, and it is Shi Congyun who makes the final decision.

It seems to have returned to the system of the virtual monarch and the real reality in the Western Han Dynasty overnight.

Probably because of being frightened by Shi Congyun's army, the queen is very well-behaved, and it may have something to do with the Fu family's lack of action. If there is anyone in the world who is qualified to stand up and fight for the throne, the Fu family is definitely one of them.

The Fu family not only had the Jiedushi of the Tianxiong Army, Wei Wang Fu Yanqing, four or five people of their brother's generation were worshiped as the Jiedushi, but also the governor, and other officials, with great influence.

At such a time, the Fu family neither sent anyone to the capital, nor did they dare to bring troops into the capital. They basically expressed their attitude and maintained their influence, but they had no ambitions. With the attitude of the Fu family, Queen Fu naturally did not dare to contend with him up.

But Shi Congyun needs Empress Fu, because there are still Zhang Yongde and Li Chongjin in the court.

Shi Congyun got the news early and acted decisively, so that everything happened too quickly. On the day the army entered the city, the overall situation was settled, and the court instantly stabilized and returned to the right track.

At this time, Shi Congyun had [-] troops in Daliang City, and there were more than [-] troops from Commander Si Chao in the camp outside the city. He had completely controlled the situation, and there was no possibility of further changes. At this time, he slowly recalled the army to the north, and everything was safe. Back on track.

On the day of entering the city, Shi Congyun didn't sleep all night, so he arranged for a garrison in the Chuigong Hall, fearing that it would have a bad influence. After all, Empress Fu was also there, so he deliberately left all the ministers behind.

The next day, he hurried back to the Shi Mansion, which was protected by heavy soldiers. Zhao Shijian in the mansion saw him, and couldn't help but threw himself into his arms and cried after being frightened.

This time it really frightened her. When she heard the news from Li Gu that someone had sued Shi Congyun for treason, Zhao Shijian was at a loss. Since the Five Dynasties, it has been too casual for the ruler to kill ministers. , chickens and dogs do not stay.

She even considered for a while whether to take her family out of Daliang City and take refuge at her father's house, but thought that if she took people away, she might be charged with real crimes. Suspicion, back harmed her husband.

In the end, he was frightened and frightened, and had nightmares one after another at night. It was not until five or six days later that Wang Zhong led his troops back to protect the Shifu regiment.

When seeing Shi Congyun, Zhao Shijian, who had lost a lot of weight because of fear, couldn't bear it anymore, and silently shed tears in his arms without saying a word.

Seeing him both distressed and cute, the two embraced tightly for a moment, and the silence was louder than the sound.

Two days later, the official family, who only relied on ginseng soup, died in the Long Live Hall. No miracle happened. When the emperor faced death, he was no different from ordinary people.

Everything was so normal, and it was expected. The officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry had already made preparations after the stability of the court. After that, there was a national ceremony, and the burial was a one-stop process. These were all handled by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry.

In such an era, everything is kept simple, just as Guo Wei's burial did not have any complicated and lengthy etiquette, this time is also the same.

The world is still falling apart, there are many things to do, many battles to fight, there is not so much hypocrisy and procrastination in troubled times, everyone can only seek a slightly better result, as for the process, it is up to future generations to comment.

Because Shi Congyun had Li Gu's informant, and he brought all the cavalry, he galloped all the way back from the North China Plain, and after arriving in Daliang, he completely controlled the situation and stabilized the situation within two or three days.

So much so that until now, many people outside have not reacted, such as Li Chongjin near Zhenzhou and Li Yun near Liaozhou must not know what happened to the court.

The transmission of news takes time, especially in this age, so the value of information has become extremely precious. If there is no Li Gu's informant, wait for all the troops to join forces, Li Chongjin, Zhang Yongde's army; Han Lingkun's army; Shi Congyun's army Going back to Beijing together, when he wants to get an overview of the court situation, he will be completely unable to do so.

At this time, the Zhou army defeated Khitan, captured more than [-] main forces of the Liao army, and captured the news of the king of the Nanyuan. Only then did they follow Shi Congyun's buttocks of the wind cavalry and swept across the country.

Soon, the emperor of Zhou State died, and the queen was regent, and the news that Shi Congyun was appointed as the king of Qin and served as the auxiliary minister spread to the north and south of the river.

Undoubtedly, when hearing these two pieces of news, anyone with a smattering of brains will understand that the Zhou Dynasty must have fallen into Shi Congyun's hands, and the three countries that border on the Great Zhou are undoubtedly the most feared when hearing these two news.

Northern Han, Western Shu, and Southern Tang, they all fought against Great Zhou, and they all tried to use Khitan as their backing. Now Khitan was defeated by Zhou State, and Zhou State’s government fell into the hands of Shi Congyun.

Coincidentally, it was Shi Congyun who beat them up at the beginning
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