Tang Dynasty woman

Chapter 81
The treacherous ministers were in power, heavy taxation and exploitation, and soon there was a mutiny in Chang'an City, scaring Dezong to flee westward in a hurry, Jingyuan Jiedu envoy Yao Lingyan took the opportunity to use the strategy of Jinyang Palace back then to instigate Zhu Xi...

Zhu Xi defiled the Tang Palace, even Princess Anle who was stranded in the palace.After Princess Anle committed suicide in shame and indignation, King Anle, who was deeply in love with her, died in the way of assassination, although he himself was decapitated because of this...

1. Mutiny

Hou Xiyi, the right servant, was appointed as Sikong by Emperor Dezong, and died of illness shortly after. At this time, Zhang Yi, the former governor of the Yongping Army, was the servant of Zhongshu. The prime minister should have a strong bearing.So Lu Qi, who had been in power for a long time, relied on Dezong's favor, deceived the prime minister's slowness, took the opportunity to seize power, and invaded his colleagues.At that time, Yang Yan was in power, and Lu Qi felt that everything was inconvenient, so he decided to get rid of Yang Yan's position.So a counselor in Lu Qi's mansion gave him a clever plan to kill Yang Yan.

It turned out that Yang Yan's new family temple was near Qujiang Li Palace; during the first year of Kaiyuan, Xiao Song wanted to build a private temple, but Xuanzong didn't agree to Xiao Song's request because he saw that this place had the atmosphere of a king.Now that Yang Yan dared to violate the precepts of his ancestors and set up a family ancestral hall on it, it seems that Yang Yan obviously has the ambition to usurp him.Sure enough, as soon as Lu Qi's memorial was handed up, Dezong was furious. He demoted Yang Yan's official rank to Yazhou Sima, and sent eight forbidden soldiers to escort him.

Lu Qi bribed the forbidden soldiers again with money, and then they hanged Yang Yan to death on the way.However, Dezong regarded Lu Qi as a good man, capable man and saint who governed the country and the country, and worshiped him as prime minister.

Dezong also ordered Duzhi officials to search the tax millet of the people in Kyoto, borrowing a quarter of it, and seized a total of 200 million yuan.Juanduzhiduju even came up with all kinds of harsh taxes to force the people in every possible way, and the people suffered unbearably, and some of them were weak by nature and even hanged themselves to death.In the second year, Emperor Dezong reassigned Zhao Zan as the judge and judge, and created two harsh taxes: one is the room tax, and each room is divided into two rooms. The next house draws tax money of five hundred coins; one is to remove money from strangers, and all public and private grants and purchases of property, for every coin, have to pay official tax money of fifty coins.If anyone conceals and fails to report tax evasion, he will be punished in addition to being punished by the official staff.

The two laws were promulgated at the same time, and the poor people complained endlessly, but the emperor didn't know anything about it, and of course he didn't want to know.But the generals of the various routes refused to work together, and you pushed and blamed each other, but it went on for a long time without success.At this time, the world of the Tang Dynasty was chaotic and troubled. Since the death of the old general Guo Ziyi who shocked the world, one team after another raised the flag to rebel, and the disturbance lasted for decades.

And the soldiers at the lowest level not only had to fight the enemy with their own flesh and blood, but also had to endure hunger and hunger. Soon, because of the greed and violence of Yao Lingyan, the leader of Jingyuan Jiedu, the army that was about to march east was in the capital. There was a mutiny in Chang'an, and Dezong, who had just been emperor for four years, was so frightened that he hurried out of the palace and fled westward, not even taking the jade seal with him in time.Because of the imperial court's excessive expropriation, the five thousand rebellious soldiers quickly gained the support of the people. The rebel soldiers broke through the palace gate, entered the Hanyuan Hall, and plundered the treasury of Qionglin and Daying. treasure.A majestic and splendid palace was suddenly destroyed and turned into a broken mess, and the noise of scrambling was endless day and night.The masses have no masters and are constantly disturbed.

Zhu Xi used to be the marshal of the Jingyuan Army, but later his fame was abolished because of his rebellious behavior, and he has been living in the capital all the time.But now the soldiers who rebelled in Kyoto are all Zhu Xi's old troops. Emperor Dezong on the way to escape to the west listened to Prime Minister Lu's words, and comforted Zhu Xi with a high-ranking and rich salary, and asked him to subdue the rebellious soldiers. .Dezong's move was also a matter of one act and two acts. If Zhu Shi could not be used by the court, he would take the opportunity to recruit his subordinates to join forces and make trouble, and the consequences would be disastrous; so the court had no choice but to appease Zhu Shi.

It's ridiculous that all the civil and military officials in the capital were still asleep in their dreams when Dezong had fled to the west. Prime Minister Lu and the new Tong Pingzhang, after being awakened by Guan Bo, climbed out of the back wall of Zhongshu Province in the middle of the night, and exchanged ideas with their entourage. Put on your coat and hat, and go out of the city.Then a group of ministers rushed straight to Xianyang before catching up with Dezong, and urged Emperor Dezong to order his car to drive to Fengtian.

At the same time, Emperor Dezong ordered Hun Yu to be the Marquis of Yu in the capital, and also the envoy of Weibei Jiedu in Jingji, and issued an edict to recruit all Taoist soldiers to help.The imperial edict was completed, but it could not be sent out because there was no jade seal to stamp it on.Dezong was extremely anxious, and returned to the palace with a long sigh.Another noble concubine from the Tang Dezong era who was accompanying her asked: "What is there to worry about in the court today?" After knowing the reason, the noble concubine took out the jade seal from under the embroidered pillow in a calm manner.

Dezong was very pleasantly surprised: "Where did you get Aiqing?" The concubine Wang Guifei said softly: "The concubine saw that the Long Live Lord left the palace in a hurry and left this jade seal on the case. The concubine knew that it was the emperor. You must not lose your treasure, and when you are in a panic, you take it and tie it on your inner garment belt. Now it has been hidden under the pillow for many days, and it is not about long live, it is almost forgotten." Dezong took Wang Guifei's hand, I was so moved that I just called Aiqing.From then on, although Dezong was in the business, he favored Wang Guifei every day, almost every day.

2. Chaos and reincarnation

Jingyuan Jiedu envoy Yao Lingyan saw that the mutiny had already happened, and he was unable to take command, so he led his cronies to surround Zhu Xi's mansion. Zhu Xi was forced to come forward to maintain the overall situation. , not to act rashly.For a while, the ownerless Sixth Army really obeyed Zhu Shi, and according to Yao Lingyan's intention, happily recommended Zhu Shi as the commander-in-chief.

Seeing that the situation had stabilized for the time being, Guanglu Qing Yuanxiu felt resentful because he had been in the court and could not be reused, let alone rewarded, so he went to see Yao Lingyan at night and instigated him to rebel.Yao Lingyan refused to say anything at first, Yuanxiu said: "The general led the soldiers from Jingyuan to Beijing this time, and because of the embezzlement of the army's salary, they caused a mutiny and forced Sheng Yu to flee westward. Such a crime of extermination, although the general does not want to, the emperor will return to the capital someday. Luan, why are you self-sufficient?" Seeing that Yao Lingyan was hit by this sentence, he hurriedly got up and invited him to the secret room, bowed to ask for advice, and Yuan Xiu continued his plan, "Now that there is no owner in the sixth palace, Zhu's hand This is a rare opportunity to hold a heavy army. I have a plan to force Zhu Xi to make him have to rebel. If it works, I will try to get rid of this puppet; if it fails, the general will kill Zhu Xi and surrender. The culprit is Zhu Xi is not in the general, why not the general?" Yao Lingyan hurriedly asked, what tricks does Doctor Yuan have to force Zhu Xi to turn against him?Yuan Xiu laughed dryly and said, "Did the general forget the story of Taizu in Jinyang Palace?"

The next day Yao Lingyan held a large banquet in Beihua Hall, and invited Generalissimo Zhu Xi to drink.Accompanied at that time were Guangluqing Yuanxiu, school inspector Sikong Li Zhongchen, imperial servant Zhang Guangsheng, royal servant Jiang Zhen, Yuanwailang Peng Yan, and Taichang Qing Jingyan.They were originally a group of influential people, but now seeing that Zhu Xi was in power when he got it, they flattered him in every possible way while drinking, and almost praised Zhu Xi to the sky.

At the beginning of Zhu Xi's appointment, he was very cautious, but once he stayed in the palace, he sat on the dragon chair of the Lord Long Live, slept on the dragon bed of the Lord Long Live, and was guarded by a group of imperial guards who came in and out like stars holding the moon. The court ladies and eunuchs served him in an extremely comfortable and thoughtful manner, and Zhu Xi's desire to be an emperor spontaneously arose spontaneously.Today, in the praises of "The Generalissimo is the Buddha of all families" and "The Generalissimo is the natural savior", all the ministers toast a glass, and I will serve one. Shengge, send it to your ears; groups of dancers come closer.

When Zhu Xi was in the Jingyuan army, he heard of the light songs and dances in the Tang Palace.At that time, he thought to himself, if the Lord Long Live gave a banquet in the palace and enjoyed the singing and dancing of the maidens, it would be a great fortune.When he entered the palace this time, there were a total of 3000 concubines in the six palaces, all of them were too frightened to hide in the harem and dare not come out.Zhu Xi also dared to desecrate them because they were the family members of the emperor, so although he had occupied the palace for more than a month, he only lived in the Beihua Palace on weekdays and never peeked into the harem.

Now Yao Lingyan quietly entered the palace, and first threatened the concubines: "Now your lives are all in the hands of General Zhu. When drinking tomorrow, you must choose a few beautiful beauties to sing and dance before the banquet. The general is happy." , then you and I will be safe for a long time." The concubines were frightened by these words, and their colors changed, and they agreed in unison.Yao Lingyan knew that the leader of the singing and dancing team in the palace was Concubine Yu, she was peerlessly beautiful, and Dezong wanted to summon her several times after listening to the singing and dancing, but was stopped by the jealous daughter Wei Shi who was named a virtuous concubine up.Now that the emperor is in the dust, the concubine Wang Guifei and Concubine Wei Xian went west with the Lord Long Live, leaving Concubine Yu alone in the palace.She was panicked, angry and sad, but she was by no means Gao Jie's infatuated Concubine Mei. Now Yao Lingyan prescribes the right medicine and quietly tells Concubine Yu with a pleasant face: "As long as you take good care of Marshal Zhu, you will definitely be crowned the sixth palace in the future. The anger I get on weekdays will make my generation climb the dragon and the phoenix, and be rich and honored." These words in vain aroused the idea of ​​Yu Guifei becoming a queen, and when she led a group of dancers to the palace to sing and dance the next day, she dressed up even more Coquettish and moving.

Zhu Xi was being drunk by everyone, and his alcohol was so strong that he was emboldened. He saw that all the dancers in the group were as beautiful as heaven, especially Yu Guifei, the foreman, with a graceful figure and a radiant face.Zhu Xi's two gazes were vacillating on the attractive parts of her body. When Yao Lingyan saw that it was time, he quietly gave everyone a wink. Everyone understood, and hurriedly slipped down to the palace one by one. don't go.

Here Concubine Yu is dancing and singing, her delicate throat is as round and sweet as Huang Yinger's, her slender waist is as gentle as Yang Liuer's, and she slowly moves closer to Zhu Mi's side.Zhu Xi couldn't bear it anymore, so he stretched out one foot, and quietly stepped on Concubine Yu's skirt with the toe of his boot.Concubine Yu Gui couldn't stand up, so she folded her willow waist to see if she was about to fall to the ground.Taking advantage of the situation, Zhu Xi stretched out her hand to pinch Yu Guibi's jade arm, Yu Guipin withdrew her hand, but squinted at Zhu Xi with her winking eyes and sneered, this smile revealed all kinds of charms, and Zhu Xi's soul was drawn straight out of the blue sky go.He didn't care about anything anymore, got up together, stretched out his arms to hug Concubine Yu's slender waist, and walked towards the harem.

Concubine Yu lived in the Chunhua Palace, and Zhu Xi stayed in the Chunhua Palace that night, and for four consecutive days after that, the courtiers outside did not see Zhu Xi leaving the Chunhua Palace.

3. Sprinkle loyalty and blood to Hua Bitao

Yao Lingyan and Yuan Xiu saw that it was time, so they went to invite Li Zhongchen, Zhang Guangsheng, Jiang Zhen, Peng Yanyi, Jing Yan and a group of soft-boned and snobby civil and military ministers, and put on a table of persuasion.Persuaded Zhu Xi to obey the heavens and people, and take over the Tang family, that is, the emperor.Zhu Xi read the form and hesitated.Yao Lingyan went straight into the harem, and shouted at Zhu Xi: "The marshal has occupied the Tang family's court and raped the Tang family's family members. Not rebelling is also a death penalty, and rebellion is also a death penalty. There is no need to hesitate! Besides, Li Tang is in chaos now. Let’s see, Li Tang’s strength is about to run out, just like the Sui and Yang dynasties. Why don’t we follow the example of Li Yuan and raise troops in Taiyuan, and we will surely accomplish something great. At that time, the Generalissimo will be honored as emperor, We can also enshrine our wives and sons, and enjoy the wealth and glory of eternity. Grand Marshal, why not do it?"

Before Zhu Xi could finish listening to Yao Lingyan, he couldn't help nodding his head in agreement.

Zhu Xi, who wanted to be respected, suddenly thought of Duan Xiushi, he was a veteran of the country, and in the capital, both soldiers and civilians loved him very much.Because of his loyal nature and daring to speak out, treacherous officials in Dezong's era, such as Lu Qi, could not tolerate him, often spoke ill of him in front of the emperor, and even designed to frame him.In order to avoid misfortune, Duan Xiushi abandoned his official position and closed his door at home to study all day long.Zhu Xi believed that if Duan Xiushi came to assist him, he would be convinced by the people and officials from all walks of life outside Beijing, so he immediately sent a team of cavalry to call Duan Xiushi into the palace with arrows.

Duan Xiushi was forcibly forced into the palace by the cavalry. When Zhu Xi saw him coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him and encouraged him, but Duan Xiushi said solemnly: "This mutiny happened for a reason. It turned out that the soldiers were not rewarded well when they marched eastward. This is all the fault of the Secretary. It is no wonder that the soldiers did not follow suit. And Zhu Gong has always been famous for his loyalty and righteousness. Now I ask Zhu to publicly tell the soldiers to tell the good fortune and misfortune, and then clear the palace ban , welcome Cheng Yu, and perform his duties as a minister, this is a great achievement!" Zhu Xi was ashamed and speechless by what he said, and Duan Xiushi withdrew from the court with a flick of his sleeve.

After Duan Xiushi returned home, he summoned his subordinates to secretly discuss in the mansion to kill Zhu thief together.

At this moment, Emperor Dezong sent Jinwu General Wu Qin to the capital to express his consolation. Zhu Xi pretended to accept the order, and then kept Wu Qin in the province. Welcome Emperor Luan back to Beijing.Duan Xiushi's subordinate Qi Lingyue found out the news and reported it to General Duan.Duan Xiushi was shocked and said: "The matter is critical, so we can only cheat and respond." Then Duan Xiushi instructed Qi Lingyue to go to Yao Lingyan's army to steal the soldier amulet, using the excuse that Marshal Zhu had another opportunity, and he had to teach him face-to-face. Han Min's war cavalry came back.

Duan Xiushi knew that he had done this, and this time he was destined to die in Zhu Xi's hands, so before Qi Lingyue left, he said to him: "When Han Min comes back, my theft of the talisman will be exposed. Reason, if this rebel refuses to obey, I, Duan Xiushi, have already put my wealth and life aside, and I will take righteousness as benevolence, and take it as benevolence if I fail, and I will never drag you down!" Qi Lingyue said impassionedly: "You are the pillar of the country, and you should stay in office. It's a big disaster. Things are urgent now, and Lingyue will take up the post temporarily. If he can kill the rebels in the future, Lingyue will die in peace!"

Sure enough, as soon as Han Min's soldiers came back, Zhu Xi, who was very surprised, strictly pursued who chased him back?Qi Lingyue, who was outside the tent, stepped forward immediately, pointed at Zhu Xi's face and said: "Today, Zimengchen is outside, and it is the time when all the ministers will not be redeemed. How can we send troops to attack? Lingyue was born as a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty, how can I Are you willing to stand by and watch? It was I who stole the soldier talisman and recalled Han Min's soldiers. I have no choice but to think of you as a traitor!"

Zhu Xi was furious immediately, and ordered Qi Lingyue to be pushed out of the palace gate and beheaded.When Qi Lingyue was about to be executed, he was still cursing, and he never revealed Duan Xiushi's mastermind until his death.

(End of this chapter)