Gentlemen, listen to the sword chant

Chapter 121 Changes in the Capital
Today is still the same as usual, before the hour, there are hundreds of civil and military officials waiting outside Miyamoto, and most of them are gathering in small groups, or chatting about where to go for fun yesterday, or the insect plague in Wanzhou, or the Japanese pirates' war, the barbarian wars, etc. The chaos, or the blatant rebellion of Zuo Huaiyu in the southwest, and the Taozhi bandit army of Yuan Pei in the southeast.People whispered, the most taboo thing is that Huangshi is sick in bed.For the officials, today is just a formality. When no one announces the court meeting, they will happily go back and fight with Mei Jiao Niang for [-] rounds, and then make up for the return sleep. This has become the default unspoken rule.

Prince Gong Ji Zai looked at a certain pillar carved with dragons and painted phoenixes, frowned, and was surprised. In the past, Yan Dong liked to lean on that pillar alone, thinking about life, but Yan Dong was nowhere to be seen today. What's the situation?
Ji Zai found Gongsun Lan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Seeing this, the latter immediately bowed his hands, put on a posture, and said in a low voice, "My lord, you also heard that Lord Jian Guo..."

"Where is Lord Yan Dongyan? Did he ask for sick leave?" Ji Zai frowned and waved his sleeves.

Gongsun Lan also looked over when he heard the words, and found that it was empty, and searched carefully among the crowd, but found no shadow of Yan Dong, and felt strange, thinking to himself, who would dare not go up to the court?If caught, that eunuch Huangshi’s vicious mind is deeper than the sea, and dismissal and investigation will be light. He confirmed repeatedly, but still did not find Yan Dong. Bar."

Ji Zai nodded, but didn't take it to heart. Although Yan Dong is the minister of the Ministry of War, his current position is useless. If Yu Ran was not a soft-headed idiot, and Yan Dong was one of the representatives of the dovish ministers, he would not I tried my best to win over Yan Dong.As a result, Ji Zai glanced left and right, and suddenly saw a familiar yet unfamiliar person.

Lin Xiaoce.

Lin Xiaoce is now in his thirties, his skin is bronze, he has been in the army all year round, he is unsmiling, just standing there makes people dare not look down upon.

Lin Xiaoce is the ninth adopted son of Lin Pojun, the commander-in-chief of the Third Cavalry Corps of the Zhongzhou Iron Army. He is usually in the barracks, handling military affairs and training soldiers. How could he have the leisure to go to court?This is really the sun coming out from the west.Ji Zai was very displeased with these military men who admired force and always looked down on these civil servants. Many ministers also looked at Lin Xiaoce and became curious about this unexpected guest in front of him.

"General, could it be that the battle is tight, your sword is so strong, your blood is boiling, and you have an infection, so you deliberately went to the court and volunteered, and you want to go to fight somewhere?" Ji Zai walked up and cupped his hands.

Lin Xiaoce said with a blank expression: "A certain has been relieved of military duties, and has been specially appointed as Minister of the Ministry of War. This time he is here to go to court."

"What?" Ji Zai was stunned.

Lin Xiaoce became Minister of the Ministry of War, what about Yan Dong?
"This..." Ji Zai wanted to ask if it was against the rules?Huang Shi is the supervisor of the country, not the emperor. He is probably not qualified for the appointment of civil and military officials. Zhu, do you want to steal the country?Ji Zai was happy because he wanted to see Huangshi's jokes and took the opportunity to launch a coup.

but……

Huangshi is seriously ill, can he still go to court?
Ji Zai had some guesses in his mind. Could it be that Huangshi was poisoned? He knew that time was running out, and he knew that he could not go to court, so he specially formed a party member. In this way, all civil and military officials would not be able to question Huangshi in front of him. What a good move!
However, at this time a small eunuch came over and whispered in a duck voice: "Master Jian Guo and the Empress have a decree to announce that all officials will go to court to discuss matters."

Originally, the news that Huangshi was ill in bed, all civil and military officials more or less heard the wind, and they all knew that Huangshi was dying, and they might not be able to go to court during this period of time, but when they heard the whole news, everyone was stunned for a moment .

Golden Palace.

Huang Shi's complexion was ruddy, he didn't look like he was dying of a serious illness, but he looked like an old man who had just recovered from a serious illness, he was strong and strong, he was sitting, wearing a boa robe, swallowing mountains and rivers, he watched all the officials kneel down, expressionless, and then, It was the hundred officials who read out the political matters, and after all the people had finished reading, Huang Shi said: "A few days ago, Master Yan Dongyan found me in private and asked for orders to fight in Wuyue. It just so happens that General Lin Xiaoce became famous as a young man and led the army, regardless of meritorious service or strategy, he is the best choice for the Ministry of War. After discussing with the empress, I will temporarily order General Lin Xiaoce to be Minister of the Ministry of War, do you have any objections?"

Baiguan lowered his head, holding the fluorene board, staring with big eyes.

Prince Gong gave Gongsun Lan a wink, and the latter stepped forward bravely, saying: "I would like to report to the Supervisor of the Kingdom and the Empress, it is unreasonable to order General Lin Xiaoce to be Minister of the Ministry of War out of reason. Now that the Son of Heaven has not been decided, the situation is still unclear, and in my humble opinion, I will take this official position in the sky. When the new emperor ascends the throne in the future, establishes the year name, and obtains the orthodox position, then pass on the jade seal of the country, reward meritorious deeds, and select talents. , so that all officials can be convinced, and the people of the world can be convinced."

All the officials are human beings. At this juncture, Yan Dong himself resigned from his post and returned to his hometown?Who believes it?It would be fine if he really left. Huang Shi also ordered an old iron army general who was in charge of a [-]-strong army to serve as Minister of the Ministry of War. Isn't this blatantly forming his own party members to expand Huang Shi's voice in the court?That's right, Huangshi is terminally ill, and time is running out. He is afraid of chaos in the court, not to mention that Yu Ran has controlled a hundred thousand forbidden troops, which makes him restless. Have unreasonable thoughts?

Seeing that there is an early bird, all the officials have the confidence to join in.

Huang Shi remained expressionless, and waited for the officials to chirp with each other to analyze the stakes. After the noise gradually subsided, Huang Shi opened his mouth and said, "Is there anyone who is not convinced?"

The crowd fell silent.

Ji Zai frowned, wondering what Huang Shi wanted to do?He had a sense of foreboding.

Seeing that no one was talking, Huang Shi suddenly laughed, coughed, and coughed up blood, all the officials were silent, staring at this scene, Huang Shi wiped the blood with the sleeve of his python robe, looked at Prince Gong, and said, "Prince Gong, why don't you Nothing to say?"

Ji Zai's heart skipped a beat, but his expression remained calm and he said in puzzlement, "What are you talking about? The officials have made it very clear. If the Lord Jian Guo really wants Xiao Wang to say it, then Xiao Wang's attitude will be the same, but everything With Lord Jian Guo as the most important thing, we are nothing more than offering opinions."

After hearing the words, all the officials hurriedly stood up and echoed, saying that it was just their own humble opinion, and it was not true. If the Lord Supervisor had his own consideration, he could make a decision at will. They are just expressing their stupid short-sightedness, which has no reference value. Like grass, Ji Zai sneered in his heart.

Huang Shi sighed: "Prince Gong, how long are you going to pretend to be stupid?"

Ji Zai was full of doubts. He really didn't understand what Huangshi was talking about.

Huang Shi stood up, his eyes were burning, and he opened his hand. The large ancient sleeves of the python robe were filled with gusts of wind, surrounded by traces of true energy. He stared at Ji Zai, and said word by word: "Prince Gong, do you really want me to list you?" Are you willing to truthfully recruit for your crimes?"

Ji Zai frowned, thinking that it really came. Could it be that Huang Shi wanted to kill him?He didn't want to sit still and replied, "Xiao Wang doesn't know what Lord Jian Guo means."

"Okay, Prince Gong, then I'll say it."

"You conspired with the Dongying people, designed to poison the late emperor, and planned the war. Was there any falsehood?"

"You secretly instigated the independence of shamanism on the northern desert grassland and started a war. Was there any falsehood?"

"You colluded with the 72 ethnic groups in the Great Wilderness and initiated the Yumenguan Incident. Was there any falsehood?"

"You conspired with Zuo Huaiyu in the southeast to make him fight without declaration and annex Yelang, Nanzhao, and Bashu. Was there ever a lie?"

"You secretly supported Yuan Pei's military operations on the southeast coast with the intention of rebelling against you. Was there any falsehood?"

"Oh, there is one more thing I didn't say. Seeing that the situation is developing reliably, you poisoned me again in an attempt to take advantage of the chaos to ascend the throne. Was what I said false?"

After Huang Shi finished speaking, Prince Gong's expression changed instantly, not to mention him, all the officials were shocked.

What shocked Ji Zai was that Huangshi spewed blood, because Huangshi was not poisoned by Ji Zai at all, but Huangshi was right, the Sun God Sect believed by the people in the wilderness, the shamanism advocated by the grassland people in the northern desert, the Japanese pirates in Dongying, and Zuo Huai in the southwest. Yu, Yuan Pei of Taozhi Mountain, and even the Lianchi uprising ten years ago were all secretly fueled by him, but he never expected that these things were originally secrets, and they were hidden by him. It was something that even his confidantes didn't know, but Huangshi said it out loud.Prince Gong's legs were a little weak, and he felt that his eyes were dark, and he almost couldn't see anything. He knew that no matter how much he argued today, even if he said that everything that was black was white, even if he really washed away his grievances , I can't get out of this golden palace.Because Huangshi was poisoned, he had no way out. Before he died, he would definitely not let Ji Zai go.

Ji Zai didn't speak.

All the officials were in an uproar.

Huang Shi continued to say with a blank expression: "You planned the 'Peach Blossom Rebellion', you planned the 'Lianchi Rebellion', you instigated the wars of the people of Beimo, provoked the war of the people of the Great Wilderness, and even colluded with the people of Dongying to do You still don’t think these are enough, you conspired with Zuo Huaiyu, used Yuan Pei, and caused the Great Liang Empire to be devastated, tell me, are you guilty?”

Ji Zai opened his mouth, held back for a while, and said, "This king didn't poison you."

Huang Shi sneered, of course he didn't poison himself, he wanted to die wholeheartedly, he knew that only by his death could the flames of war be quelled, and the little prince's reputation would not be lost, otherwise he would have lived and wiped out all the officials in the court, all states There must be chaos, maybe the princes from all walks of life thought he was an eunuch in Huangshi who wanted to rebel against him and become emperor.That consequence was not what he wanted to see.

As long as the princes from all over the country think that an old eunuch becomes the emperor, they will definitely rebel.

"I ask you, are you guilty?"

Prince Gong didn't quibble or plead guilty. Instead, he sneered and pointed at Huang Shi, "This king is from the royal family and the younger brother of the late emperor. You old eunuch, what right do you have to kill this king?"

Huangshi didn't talk nonsense, "Where is the forbidden army?"

Yu Ran stood up with a big knife in his hand, and with a wave of his hand, hundreds of forbidden soldiers rushed out from outside the Golden Luan Hall.

Ji Zai laughed out loud, as if going mad, "Huangshi, you eunuch, see you on Huangquan Road, I'm dead, and you won't live long, I'll wait for you."

After Prince Gong laughed, he glanced coldly at everyone present, and everyone who looked at him lowered their heads.Ji Zai's eyes were a little dazed, and he thought, in the end, it was still a failure, a failure.

Thinking about it, Ji Zai drew out his saber and killed himself.

People are dead.

The body is cold.

All the officials were terrified, Prince Gong, one of the representatives of the all-powerful Eagle Card, killed himself just like that. He retained the dignity that belonged to the prince, and died in his own hands, in his own ambition.

Huang Shi squinted from the corner of his eye and looked at Gongsun Lan. The latter was so frightened that he knelt down immediately, trembling, "Jianguo spares my life, Jianguo spares my life."

He was really scared.

At this moment, most of the officials knew Huang Shi's intentions. He wanted to kill people, to kill traitors, and he himself was running out of time, so he wanted to pave the way for the little prince.

On this day, Huangshi executed more than 30 dignitaries in the capital. On this night, [-] forbidden troops and [-] iron troops were mobilized to ransack their homes and destroy their families. Accepting bribes, enriching one's own pockets, planning wars, smuggling fathers and daughters, and trafficking children are all miscellaneous and countless.This time, Luoyang, the capital of the capital, can be said to be filled with blood and blood. This was the biggest court coup in the last years of Great Liang, known as the "Luoyang Change" in history. This event directly affected the direction of history, and made the Great Liang Empire go into the abyss. , the fourteen prefectures will be completely disintegrated, which is also the fuse of the chaos in the world, opening a chapter of a new era.

……

Yuhang.

Uesugi conducted a sand table drill in the war room, and the result was that Honma Qianhezi defeated Wuzhou. He was mobilizing soldiers and was ready for the final battle at any time. On this day, he received a message from Luoyang News, he knew that the final decisive battle was really coming.When he heard that Chizuru Honma had ordered the dismantling of military discipline, the three-day march, and the fire in Guangling, burning down the houses and fields, he knew that there was no turning back in this battle, and he might even be defeated.

"Qian Hezi, short-sighted!"

A gentle person with determination like Shang Shanqi couldn't help but swear.

Shigeru Miyamoto stood by and said, "Pavilion Master, Marshal Honma also has no choice. She has nothing to do with the defeat on the front line and the pressure of the enemy army."

The reason why Honma Qianhezi gave such an order was, for one thing, to frighten the common people. The enemy army was overwhelmed, and the people were panicked, fearing that the common people would change, so they adopted this bloody and cruel method.Second, she was going to abandon Guangling and leave the enemy a mess.

Uesugi sneered: "She is cocooning herself. Miyamoto, you have to understand the fact that no matter what the situation is, you must put the people first, and the way people want is the way. Qianhezi lost the hearts of the people, she killed Burning Guangling with so many innocent people, although on the surface it has achieved good results, will face resistance and hatred from the people of Great Liang at all costs."

After Uesugi finished speaking, he sighed.

It can only be said that Honma Qianhezi is looking for her own death, she is hopeless, maybe she will ignite the hatred of the Daliang people to Yuezhou, Uesugi seems to have seen the not-too-distant future , the scene of Japan's disastrous defeat.

(End of this chapter)