Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 59 Shi Min kills Hu (3000)

In late December of the fifth year of Yonghe (AD 349), when Huan Xi was transporting grain and grass at Longguan and preparing to attack Qinzhou, civil strife broke out again in Yecheng.

Shi Cheng, the leader of the army, Shi Qi, the minister, Shi Hui, the former governor of Hedong, and others conspired to kill Shi Min and Li Nong. The matter was exposed and they were killed by Shi Min and Li Nong.

However, this does not mean that the civil strife in Yecheng has been settled, and there is no room for relaxation in the conflicts between Shi Min and the Jie clan dignitaries.

On the carriage heading to the palace city, Shi Min and Li Nong sat opposite each other. He said angrily:
  "I am the adopted grandson of Emperor Taizu Wu (Shi Hu), but they treat me as an outsider. How on earth is that possible?"

Shi Min kept counting his achievements for Hou Zhao along the way.

He didn't understand that he had the power to rebuild the country and that this autocratic power was given to him personally by Shi Zun and Shi Jian. Why did everyone want to kill him.

Li Nong sighed:
  "King Wude is from Jin, so he cannot be tolerated by Jie Hu."

When Shi Min heard this, his face turned pale.

When the carriage arrived outside Fengyang Gate, the two got off on foot, but Shi Min stopped. Years of traveling on the battlefield and walking between life and death gave him a keen intuition.

Li Nong didn't understand why Shi Min stopped, but Shi Min was already calling the guards around him to protect him and move back.

There were three thousand Jie clan soldiers hidden inside the palace gate. Longxiang General Sun Fudu saw that Shi Min was alert and knew that he could not wait any longer, so he immediately shouted:
  "Jieren An can be driven by Jinnu! Kill the thieves for the country, today!"

After that, he and General Liu Zhu, who conquered the west, and others led three thousand soldiers out of the palace gate and went straight to Shi Min to kill him.

Li Nong was shocked when he saw this. Fortunately, Shi Min had been assassinated many times and was always accompanied by guards when he went in and out of the palace.

Suddenly, the three thousand Jie clan soldiers were unable to break through the blockade of Shi Min's guards, allowing Shi Min and Li Nong to escape smoothly and go to mobilize troops.

Seeing this, Sun Fudu had no choice but to retreat to Fengyang Gate and seal the palace to defend himself.

He said to everyone:

"This time we failed to kill Shi and Li as we wished. For the current plan, we can only ask the emperor to come to the palace gate and call on all the armies to attack Shi Min together."

It turned out that Shi Jian had been scared out of his wits since the death of Shi Bao and others and did not dare to resist.

It was Sun Fudu, Liu Zhu and other Jie tribe generals who decided to ambush and kill Shi Min today.

When everyone saw Shi Min running away, they were all frightened and uneasy. At this time, Sun Fudu's suggestion made them feel like they were grasping at straws, and they all agreed.

Sun Fudu then led thirty people and broke into the middle platform where Shi Jian was.

Shi Jian was extremely frightened and said in a trembling voice:
  "Could it be that the Qing family came to kill me on Shi Min's orders?"

Shi Zun was poisoned by Zhou Cheng and others who suddenly came in.

Seeing his appearance, Sun Fudu couldn't believe that Shi Hu could give birth to such a son.

But the matter has reached this point, and it is useless to say more. He said directly:
  "Shi Min and Li Nong have rebelled and are heading towards the palace. I would like to ask Your Majesty to come to Fengyang Gate in person and call on all the troops to kill the rebels."

It turned out that he was not here to kill him. Shi Jian breathed a sigh of relief, but then his heart started to rise again.

Shi Min controls the military power in the capital, and Li Nong has tens of thousands of begging troops to help him. If he rebels, he will still have a way to survive.

However, Sun Fudu led thirty soldiers to the central platform, and Shi Jian couldn't help but follow him.

On the way, a soldier came to report that Shi Min had assembled an army to attack Jinmingmen. When Shi Jian heard the news, he had an idea. He clutched his stomach and shouted in pain:
  "I have unbearable abdominal pain and cannot move quickly. The Qing family should go to Fengyang Gate first and lead the army to reinforce Jinming Gate. Shi Min cannot be allowed to enter the palace."

When Sun Fudu heard what he said, he immediately realized that it made sense, so he bid farewell to Shi Jian and rushed to Fengyang Gate first.

After Sun Fudu left, Shi Jian's eunuch asked:

"Your Majesty, we have to continue to Fengyang Gate."

Shi Jian kicked him over. He still looked like he had abdominal pain just now. Shi Jian said fiercely:

"Go to Fengyang Gate to die! Follow me to Jinming Gate to welcome King Wude (Shi Min) into the palace!"

After that, he walked as fast as flying and led everyone to Jinmingmen.

Outside Jinming Gate, Governor Shi Min led thousands of soldiers to attack the palace gate, while Li Nong was still mobilizing troops for him.

When the battle was raging, Shi Jian rushed over and forced the guard to open the palace door. He took the lead to leave the palace and cried to Shi Min:
  "Sun Fudu rebelled and just took me hostage. I managed to escape with great difficulty and reported the news to the king. I also asked the king to send troops quickly to put an end to the rebellion."

Shi Min looked at Shi Jian suspiciously. With Shi Bao's example, he didn't believe that Shi Jian really had nothing to do with this matter.

But at this time, putting down the rebellion was the most important thing. Shi Min temporarily put aside pursuing the matter with Shi Jian and prepared to take revenge later.

As everyone knows, Shi Jian was really kept in the dark by Sun Fudu and others this time.

Shi Min led the crowd into the palace from Jinming Gate, first killed the defender who had blocked him from attacking Jinming Gate, and then led the crowd to attack Fengyang Gate.

At this time, Sun Fudu and his soldiers were coming from Fengyang Gate to Jinming Gate.

I got news halfway that Shi Jian had opened the palace gate and ordered Shi Min to put down the rebellion.

He wanted to kill the traitors, but was labeled as a traitor by the emperor. Sun Fu couldn't help but burst into tears.

The soldiers of the Jie tribe were all indignant. They drew their swords and chopped the pavilion passages to vent their resentment.

At this time, Li Nong had deployed troops to surround the palace. Sun Fudu had no way out and had to lead his troops to fight against Shi Min.

In the palace city, corpses were lying on top of each other, and there were channels of blood. None of the three thousand Jie people survived.

Shi Min looked at the corpses on the ground and thought of the scenes of those Jie people fighting to the death. Shi Min became angry. He finally understood that he and these barbarians had reached a situation where they would fight to the death. He wiped a handful of unknown blood on his face and said in a deep voice:
  "Pass me an order to imprison the emperor in Yulong Temple. I ordered Wang Jian, the Minister, and Wang Yu, the Shaofu, to lead three thousand people to guard Yulong Temple. No one is allowed to come into contact with the Shijian, and I will give him food!"

Now that Sun Fudu and others are dead, it's time to settle accounts with Shi Jian.

Shi Jian, who was coming to congratulate Shi Min, listened to the order and exclaimed:

"I am not guilty! This matter has nothing to do with me! I owe it to the king!"

However, no one paid attention to his grievances, and Shi Jian was forcibly dragged away and will wait for his death in Yulong Temple.

Shi Min continued to order:
  "From today on, all the foreign barbarians inside and outside who dare to call themselves soldiers will be killed!"

The people of Yecheng did not care about Shi Jian's life or death. At most, there would be another emperor. In this year, three kings of Hou Zhao have died successively. By the end of the year, it is not unusual for another one to die. .

But Shi Min's second order spread his anger towards the Jie people to all the Hu people.

The Hu people in Yecheng could clearly feel that Shi Min was sharpening his sword against them.

Suddenly, the Hu people rushed to flee Yecheng.

Although this move caused a complete break between Shi Min and the Hu people, Han refugees within a hundred miles radius heard the news and poured into Yecheng one after another to heed Shi Min's call.

The refugees in Hebei rushed to join, which made Shi Min even more convinced that breaking with the Hu people was the right thing to do. He once again ordered:

"Recently, Sun Fudu and Liu Zhu rebelled, and the remaining party members have been killed, without affecting innocent people.

"From today on, those who are of the same mind as me can only stay in the city. Those who are not of the same mind as me are free to leave. No prohibitions are allowed at any city gate."

Shi Min's order once again stimulated the Hu people's enthusiasm to escape Yecheng.

When Li Nong saw the Hu people fleeing, he quickly found Shi Min and said:

"If the king lets these barbarians go today, they will definitely go to Xiang State to defect to Shi Zhi. Isn't this fueling Shi Zhi's arrogance in vain!"

Shi Min also realized at this time that he had been carried away for a moment and almost made a big mistake, but now a large number of barbarians have fled, and they can't catch them back no matter how hard they try.

Fortunately, Shi Min had his own method, and he immediately issued another edict:
  "If a person from Zhao State can kill a barbarian and offer his head to Fengyang Gate, the civil officials will be promoted to the third rank, and the military generals will all be worshiped as General Yamen!"

Li Nong on the side was dumbfounded, but thinking about it carefully, this was the only way. They had completely broken with the Hu people, and only with the support of the northern Han people could they have any hope of victory.

This edict will definitely provoke conflicts between the Han people and the Hu people in the north for many years, and they will kill each other.

Sure enough, after the edict was issued, the Han people who had been bullied for decades went crazy.

"Kill Hu! Kill Hu!"

Yecheng has completely turned into a purgatory, even women, children, old and young, are killing each other.

They may not know each other, but there is deep resentment between the groups.

In order to receive the reward and seek revenge, one party fought tooth and nail, while the other party had no choice but to resist in order to save their lives. Those who died in this killing feast were not just the Hu people.

Corpses lay everywhere inside and outside Yecheng. In one day, tens of thousands of heads of barbarians were delivered to Fengyang Gate.

Shi Min personally stepped out and participated.

All Hu people, old and weak, women and children in a radius of hundreds of miles were killed. More than 200,000 people died. No one collected their bodies, and they were devoured by wild beasts.

Shi Min once again ordered the generals guarding the four sides to kill the barbarians in the army.

Some people thought this was an illegal edict and refused to act as ordered, while others responded to Shi Min.

Ma Qiu was one of them. He and Wang Lang were ordered by Shi Zun to capture Puban, but because they could not break through Shen Jin's camp, they had to station themselves in Hanoi.

After learning that Shi Zun had died, the two of them waited and watched in Hanoi. During this period, Ma Qiu attacked and killed Wang Lang and captured his 20,000 elite cavalry.

However, there were many direct descendants of Wang Lang in the army who were unwilling to surrender.

At this time, Shi Min's order to kill Hu came to Hanoi. Ma Qiu was overjoyed, but he was worried that he had no excuse to eliminate dissidents.

Therefore, Ma Qiu, a Jie man, actually responded to Shi Min's order to kill Hu and went on a killing spree in the army.

It's just that Ma Qiu killed all Wang Lang's gang members, not Hu and Han, and more than a thousand people died.

Ma Qiu also took control of this army and led his troops eastward, preparing to return to Yecheng.

At the same time, Shi Min's order to kill the Hu also shocked the Hu separatist forces in various parts of the north. Fu Hong was overjoyed when he learned about it.

He and Shi Min had an old grudge, but they had to admit that Shi Min was extremely brave.

Fu Hong had a crowd of more than 100,000, and he was watching the situation at Fangtou because he was afraid of Shi Min's bravery.

Now that Shi Min is completely eliminated from the Hu people, the six barbarians inside and outside will definitely rise up to attack.

After Shi Min dies, let's ask who is his opponent in the north.

Thinking of this, Fu Hong couldn't help but laugh.

　Thanks to book friend Sishui SS for the tip.

　　The first chapter is here, the next chapter is at five o'clock in the afternoon.

　　
  　
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