Unofficial History of the Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 14

On the same day Huaji Jiangdu killed Emperor Yang, Huaji personally carried a knife and went into the harem, just as Empress Xiao and several colorful girls came weeping.Huaji shouted sharply, "Who are you waiting for?" Empress Xiao knelt down and said, "This concubine is the Empress Xiao." There is no way to abuse the people. Don't be afraid if you don't reward those who have made meritorious deeds. If you kill them all, you will not be frightened. I have no different intentions, and I am willing to protect wealth and honor together." , It is reasonable to be killed, and we all depend on the general's support." Huaji said: "But don't worry, I will do it." He made himself the prime minister and took charge of all officials.With the queen's order, Qin Wanghao was established as the emperor, and he was 14 years old.

On this day, cattle and horses are slaughtered, and all officials are feasted.The wine shop went around several times, and he said with a drink: "I have no heart to suppress the public. You all support me as the master. Now a new king is established. Those who make meritorious deeds will be rewarded and those who are guilty will be punished. There are permanent punishments in the state, and discipline in the army. It should be obeyed and not violated." Everyone said: "Only order." Huaji saw that the crowd was afraid of his power, so he occupied the sixth palace and regarded himself as Emperor Yangdi.His young emperor, Yang Hao, moved to another palace and guarded it with soldiers, only ordering him to issue edicts and edicts.

That is to say, his younger brother Zhiji and Pei Ju were named Zuo Servant, and his half-brother Shiji was named Right Servant.The two sons, Chengji and Chengzhi, are all in charge of military administration, and their confidants have their own rewards.

Suddenly there was a general of Huaji's confidant, whose surname was Gao and whose name was Tansheng, who came from Luoyang. He said that Huaji said: "The prime minister hanged Emperor Yang to death, and the disaster in Jiangdu is not far away." When Huaji asked why, Tansheng said: "Now when Li Yuan entered Chang'an, there were hundreds of thousands of people, and he attracted a lot of advisers. Li Mi's guard at Jinyong had enough soldiers and food. Although Dou Jiande was not as good as this, the two of them also had tens of thousands of soldiers, and they also had all kinds of small towns. All the strong and prosperous, if you know that Jiang has lost, all will inevitably raise troops and come to revenge, why should it be?" Huaji was shocked when he heard that, but he paused and said: "I'm too careless! So what can I do?" Tan Sheng said: "Prime Minister Don't worry, it's hard to get the hearts of the people. Now that the people have joined, although Li Yuan entered Chang'an, his foothold is uncertain, and people's hearts are shaken. It is advisable to defend yourself, and it is not enough to ignore these things. Now you can take advantage of these brave people to go back to the west, and first compete with Li Yuan, and become an emperor. There is nothing to worry about." Hua Ji was overjoyed, and immediately supported more than [-] soldiers, and led the young emperor to return from Jiangdu to the west, using Yangdi's chariot and chariot to honor the guard.Along the way, carts, oxen and boats were snatched, loaded with palace treasures [soft], and the soldiers were proud of their armor, galloping on the road, hard labor, and all the soldiers complained.

When he arrived in Pengcheng that day, Sima Dekan called Zhao Xingshu and said: "I have seen that the generals and soldiers have resentment, and even we are all burdened by our feet. I am afraid that we will not be able to protect ourselves." Xingshu said: "Why do you say this? " De Kan said: "At that time, Emperor Yang was benevolent, and the world was in chaos, leading to the rise of heroes. We were supposed to punish the innocent for the people, and we wanted to set up the master who would set things right, turn disaster into blessing, and change disgrace into glory. Now you The ones that are deduced are violent people, who are established as the masters, and the cruelty is even worse, causing the six palaces to complain. Soon the princes will raise troops to punish this thief, and this thief will definitely be defeated. We will have no place to bury us when we die.” Shu said, "Don't worry, gentlemen. Since everyone has resentment in their hearts, it is up to me to turn it into a life. Sooner or later, I will be called to discuss important matters. Just stab them with a dagger hidden in their sleeves. They will surely die. Why bother to use swords and soldiers?" De Kan Said: "It's true, we all depend on the blessings of the common people in the community." After the discussion, De Kan resigned.Xingshu was secretly delighted, thinking it was a magic trick, he suddenly stepped into the back hall, and saw his slave Li Maojin and his concubine Bi Tao whispering in the dark.Xingshu was furious, and ordered the left and right to take them down. He wanted to kill them, but his wife persuaded them not to do so. They each hit forty spine sticks and locked Maojin in the cold room.Maojin hated the Xingshu, so Yinye unscrewed the iron chain, walked over the wall, and came to the tent to report a secret matter.Called into the secret room to ask, Mao Jin said: "Sima Dekan discussed with Zhao Xingshu, and he will definitely murder the prime minister. He said that he hides a sharp knife in his sleeve, intending to assassinate him. You should be careful." It will be said that he has fled from afar, and he will ambush outside.The next day in the early court of Pengcheng, Zhao Xingshu and a group of ministers from Dekan entered the Yuanmen. They shouted loudly and recruited ambush soldiers. They captured more than ten people from the lower Xingshu and took them to the tent to search them. They found a dagger hidden in their sleeves. Inside.Hua Ji said: "If you say that you are an assassin, I believe you will not be false. You and I have conspired with me to punish Wudao, to plot the world, and to let the descendants share the infinite blessings. Today the great position is not upright, and the princes have not been granted the title of marquis." , and on the way, I treat you with sincerity, how dare you do this?" De Kan said: "I killed the faint master, and suffered from his persecution.

Everyone pushes to get a foothold, and what's more.All the servants complained that I did not set up properly, but followed the crowd's plan, and had no choice but to do so. "Huaji was furious, and ordered a group of swords and axes to lead more than [-] people including Chushu, Yuanli, Pei Qiantong, and Linghu Xingda, and kill them in Shicao. It was also in summer and June of the first year of Wude.

There is a poem in Jingxuan: Although Yang Guang suffers from all the people, Yuwen's ministers should not fight.

Once Jiangdu is about to perish, how can heaven and earth not punish it?

Huaji killed more than [-] people in Xingshu, left Pengcheng the next day, and led his troops westward.Just when Li Mi was guarding Gongluo, he stationed troops to block the critical intersection and not go west.Hua and secretly thought that the soldiers were not willing to fight, so they had no choice but to lead their troops to Dongjun.At this time, Dongjun is guarding the king's track, seeing the power of Huaji, not to fight against the enemy, but to raise the city to descend to Huaji.Transformed and won the East County, Tunza people and horses.When entering the city, people reported that Wang Shichong, Li Mi, Li Yuan, and Dou Jiande all had soldiers arriving, and it was unknown which route would arrive first.Huaji was shocked when he heard the words, so he closed the city gate and couldn't hold out.

It turned out that at this time Li Mi was advancing to the Eastern Capital, and Wang Shichong led an army and horses to fight secretly in Luonan.

Dong comforted him with books, gave him gold and silk to comfort him, and called him back to Luoyang.Hearing that Emperor Yang was murdered, he and Dongdu stayed behind in Wendu of Yuan Dynasty. The king of Yue, Tong, was the emperor, and he was changed to Huangtai of Yuan Dynasty.At that time, Yuan Wendu and Nei Shi ordered Lu and Chu to conspire in Huangtai and said: "Now Li Mi is guarding Gongluo, and his soldiers are fine and food. Whenever he has the ambition to secure the world, if he pays a high-ranking official and orders him to raise his troops, he will surely break the army. Transformation and destruction. If transformation and destruction, the soldiers of Mi Mi will be exhausted and disadvantaged. Taking advantage of the disadvantages and attacking them, you can achieve success." Huangtai heard the words, so he sent envoys to make Li Mi a Taiwei and Minister of the Order, ordering troops to march north to fight .Secretly professing the ministers to serve the system, that is, to lead troops to fight and fight, and to sue when victorious.Wendu waited for great joy, and Shichong only said that his subordinates said: "Yuanwendu, the sword and pen talent, must be captured by Li Mi. And our army fought with bandits and killed many of his fathers, brothers and children. Once Li Mi's subordinates, my subordinates There is no class." Shichong excited the crowd with his words, and Wendu and others were terrified when they heard the words.It happened that Huangtai wanted to use the capital of literature as the imperial censor, but Shichong refused, saying: "I tried to make an agreement with the public: left and right servants, ministers, imperial censors and other officials will be taught by the old people, and now each wants to If you get it, then the competition will start, why should we defend it together?" Wen Du hated him, so he discussed with Lu Chu privately, waited for Shichong to enter the palace, and Fu Jiashi killed him.Someone came to report a long time ago, Nayan Duan Da, who was afraid of causing disaster to himself, so he took it upon himself to report to Shichong.Shichong was furious, so Kui Ye led his troops to Hanjia Gate and surrounded its palace city.At the same time, Huangfu Wuyi, the general of Wuwei, sent two generals, Fei Yao and Tian Yan, to resist fighting at the Sun Gate.Before counting, Shichong cut Fei Yao underground.Seeing defeat, Wu Yi rode away alone.

Shichong rushed to the door, captured Lu Chu and killed him.At that time, Zihui Palace was still closed, Shichong knocked on the door and Huangtai said: "Yuan Wendu and others want to take your majesty to descend to Li Mi, and the ministers dare not rebel, so they come here to punish those who rebel.

"Duan Da captured Yuan Wendu, and Shichong ordered to cut him left and right. He sent his confidants to lead the guards on his behalf, and then went to Xie and said: "Wendu and Lu Chu have nothing to do. I am anxious for this, not because of others.

"Huangtai made an alliance with him and swore:" those who rebel should be punished.Qing is serving the country with all his heart, and if he does what he does, if I feel guilty, heaven and man will kill together. "So he worshiped Shichong as the right servant of Shangshu, the governor of all military forces inside and outside. He took his brother as the internal history order, lived in the ban, and his children were all generals.

The officials are divided into ten heads, who are in charge of military affairs, each with different ambitions, and seek to establish a high position.So they formed a group of people, thinking that they would rescue, and the momentum was shocking both inside and outside, and Huang Taiwei just surrendered.As a result, an imperial edict was issued to pardon Li Mi's crimes and order the secret leaders to conquer him.Li Mi was overjoyed, so he led his troops to help fight against the thieves.After all how?
General batch: Turning into a traitor, why did King Qin become emperor so quickly?Why did he move the emperor to another palace?I'm afraid that the hero will take revenge everywhere, so what's the ridicule?Although Wang Shichong and others enshrined the throne as the king of Yue, they were not truly dedicated to serving the country.When will the Central Plains be blood-stained forever!

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