Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 221 Ran Wei
The first year of Qinglong is leap in February.

The frenzied sound of horseshoes resounded throughout Yecheng, and they went straight to Yulong Temple in the palace.

Jiezhao's country name was changed to "Wei". As the "emperor", Shi Jian was naturally restless, so he ordered the eunuch to send a secret letter to Zhang Chen, the Fujun general guarding Fukou, inviting him to take advantage of the emptiness to attack Yecheng. Punish the country's thieves!
However, Shi Jian forgot that the eunuch was also from Jin, and was the eunuch they had captured. He turned around and handed the secret letter to Ran Min who sent troops to attack Shidu.

Ran Min returned home riding a flying horse.

With a sound of "boom", the gate of Yulong Temple was kicked open, and a gust of wind rushed towards the face.

The clanging of armor shook people's hearts.

The faces of the more than a dozen strong-backed generals were gloomy.

The leader, Ran Min, strode forward, "I have treated Your Majesty well, why did Your Majesty rebel?"

"Why did you say that?" Shi Jian was used to doing the same thing in front of the face and the other in the back, and at this time, he still had a little luck.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to argue." Ran Min threw the secret letter in front of him, drew out his long sword, and walked over step by step.

"Qing, Jinu...don't..." Shi Jian shook like a sieve.

However, without any hesitation, Ran Min stabbed with the long sword, piercing Shi Jian's throat directly.Shi Jian's head rolled on the ground gruntingly.

The pupils are wide open, with a bit of incredulity...

Excitement flashed across the guard's eyes, as if the slaughtered in front of him was just a pig and sheep.

Shi Jian reigned for [-] days, shorter than Shi Zun.

Shi Jian also became the fourth Jie Zhao monarch to die unexpectedly after Shi Hong, Shi Shi, and Shi Zun.

After sharpening the stone sword, the anger on Ran Min's face did not weaken in the slightest, "Send an order to arrest the sons of the Shi family in Yedu!"

"Take orders!" The guard raised his knife and left.

Within half a day, 38 of Shi Hu's grandsons were arrested, and more than 3000 relatives were arrested on the long street.

Shi Hu's sons were divided into towns, but many grandsons stayed in Yecheng as hostages.

The people in Yedu rushed to wait and see.

Ran Min raised his sword and walked in front of the Shi family's grandsons, the cries and begging for mercy did not move him at all.

On the contrary, Li Nong, who was behind him, had a look of unbearable expression on his face, "After all, Your Highness was raised by the late emperor...how can we cut off the incense of the late emperor..."

Ran Min said with a half-smile, "Great Sima is really benevolent and righteous, but he killed [-] people in Lu County with his own hands, how many people's incenses have been cut off?"

"How can some small people be compared with the nation..." Li Nong continued to persuade.

However, Ran Min didn't give him a chance, and shouted: "Cut!"

Bursts of knife light swung down, blood splashed the long street.

Since then, Shihu's blood in Yecheng has been driven to extinction...

"Long live! Long live King Wude!" The cheers on the long street were deafening.

Someone rushed forward, trampled on and bit the corpses of the Shi family's grandsons, and blood and flesh were scattered on the execution ground immediately, and the flesh and blood were separated.

While tearing apart, many people looked up to the sky and wailed: "Return the lives of my whole family..."

Its voice is shrill and miserable, like a ghost crying...

Ran Min closed his eyes intoxicated by the cheers. Since he took power, he has never been so sincerely supported by others, "Did Sima ever hear the voice of the people?"

Li Nong's expression was gloomy, "The general is very popular!"

"Major General, please obey the will of heaven and respond to the hearts of the people, and ascend the throne as emperor!" Situ Shenzhong, Sikong Langtian and other Han officials bowed in front of Ran Min.

"Your Highness, please ascend the throne!" The soldiers knelt down.

"Your Highness, please ascend the throne!" The people also knelt down.

In the whole long street, apart from Ran Min, the only person standing was Li Nong whose eyes were fixed on the corpses all over the floor.

Ran Min's eyes naturally fell on Li Nong, "The Great Sima is highly respected, and this position should belong to the Great Sima!"

At this moment, Li Nong was startled, fell to the ground, and quickly changed his words, "You can't live in a great position unless you are a virtuous person. How can you be virtuous? Your Majesty's words will kill Nong! If your Majesty forces the minister again, the minister will commit suicide." Thanks to the world."

The murderous intent in Ran Min's eyes appeared and disappeared.

It seemed that two evil winds were blowing towards Li Nong.

However, Li Nong did not commit suicide in the end, and Ran Min did not force him. He laughed and said: "I belong to the old Jin Dynasty, and the Jin family still exists today. Please divide the prefectures and counties with the princes, and call them Mu, Shou, Gong, and Hou. I will welcome the emperor of Jin and return him to Luoyang."

These words are naturally tempting.

The people present have gone through a series of mutinies and coups by Shi Hu, Shi Shi, Shi Zun, and Shi Jian, and no one is an idiot.

Shangshu Hu Mujin said: "Your Majesty's holiness is worthy of the heavens, and he should ascend to the great position. The Jin family is declining, and he is far away from the river. How can he always control the heroes and mix the world!"

"Hu Shangshu's words can be said to know the opportunity and know the fate." Ran Min did not refuse any more.

"Long live Your Majesty!" A landslide and tsunami-like cry sounded from the long street.

In March of the first year of Qinglong, Ran Min ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in the southern suburbs of Yecheng.

His grandfather Ran Long was honored as Emperor Yuan, his father Ran Zhan was Emperor Liezu Gao, his wife Dong Shi was made Empress, and his son Ran Zhi was Crown Prince.

With Li Nong as Taizai, concurrently serving as Taiwei, and recording ministers, he was named King of Qi, and Li Nong's sons were all named county princes.

His sons Ran Yin, Ran Ming and Ran Yu were made kings.Civilian and military generals enter the third-class official positions, and each has its own rank.

On the day of his enthronement, he opened the treasury of Yedu to help the Chinese people who defected from all over the country.

He also rewarded the soldiers with money and silk from the treasury, which greatly boosted the morale of the army.

However, the food, fodder, money, and silk accumulated by Shihu for decades were all gone.

Afterwards, Ran Min sent envoys to announce to all the ministries in Hebei that they would pardon their previous crimes and order them to submit, but none of the ministries would follow.

Shi Zhi of Xiangguo heard that Shi Jian was murdered, so he proclaimed himself emperor in Xiangguo, with the reign name Yongning, with Shi Kun as the prime minister, Yao Yizhong as the prime minister of the right, pro-King of Zhao, Yao Xiang as the general of hussars, the governor of Yuzhou, and the Duke of Xinchang. .

He was granted the titles of Fu Jian as the governor of the military forces in Henan, the general of Zhennan, the third division of Kaifu Yitong, the governor of Yanzhou, and the Duke of Lueyang County.

The situation in Hebei has changed suddenly.

The newborn Ran Wei is still surrounded by the barbarians.

To the north is Xiangguo, to the east is Yao Yizhong and his son, to the west is Zhang Shen, to the southeast is Yang Qun, the general of Ningnan, to the southwest is Jin Tu, and to the south of Dahe, Liu Guo, the governor of Luozhou, also responds to Shi Zhi.

These forces range from more than [-] people to tens of thousands, posing a great threat to Yecheng.

In addition, Shi Hu proclaimed Li Li, Zhang Ping, and Gao Chang ministers to Murong Jun of Qianyan, and Zhang Yu, the governor of Yuzhou, accepted Jiangdong's canonization.

However, there are also forces in Hebei that respond to Yecheng.

Bohai Liu Zhun, Pang Yue and other tycoons responded to Ran Min, and Zhongshan prefect Hou Kan and Zhaojun prefect Li Wei all listened to Ran Wei's orders.

The best news is that Deng Heng's tribe in Le'an has neither surrendered to Xiang State nor surrendered to Yan State, and is holding a wait-and-see attitude.

Compared with the Zhuhu in Hebei, the new Ran Wei still appears to be weak and weak, and basically has no control over all parts of Hebei.

On both sides of the river, the only ones who did not openly oppose Ran Min were Yanzhou and Qingzhou.

For a time, Xiangguo's momentum was greatly improved, and Shi Zhi once again gathered more than [-] Hu allied forces, intending to go south to attack Yecheng.

Xiangguo and Yecheng were only three or four hundred miles away, and there was no one in the two places to buffer them. Either Ran Min fell or Shi Zhi fell.

And these two places are the places where Hu and Han gathered.

(End of this chapter)